Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI)

Darden Restaurants Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 24 analysts that cover Darden Restaurants stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $227.08, which forecasts a 8.37% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $177 and the highest is $255.

Price Target: $227.08 (+8.37%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$177	$227.08	$235	$255
Change	-15.53%	+8.37%	+12.15%	+21.70%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Darden Restaurants stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25
Strong Buy	8	8	8	8	8	7
Buy	9	9	9	9	8	8
Hold	8	8	8	8	9	9
Sell	1	1	1	1	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	26	26	26	26	25	24

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Andrew Strelzik BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Hold Maintains $190 → $215	Hold	Maintains	$190 → $215	+2.61%	Jun 25, 2025
John Ivankoe JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy Maintains $218 → $240	Buy	Maintains	$218 → $240	+14.54%	Jun 25, 2025
Brian Vaccaro Raymond James	Raymond James	Buy Maintains $230 → $240	Buy	Maintains	$230 → $240	+14.54%	Jun 23, 2025
Jon Tower Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $245 → $253	Strong Buy	Maintains	$245 → $253	+20.74%	Jun 23, 2025
Jeffrey Bernstein Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $235 → $255	Buy	Maintains	$235 → $255	+21.70%	Jun 23, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

13.20B

Increased by 9.28%

from 12.08B

Revenue Next Year

13.69B

Increased by 3.75%

from 13.20B

EPS This Year

10.80

Increased by 21.75%

from 8.87

EPS Next Year

11.57

Increased by 7.19%

from 10.80

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027	FY 2028
Period Ending	May 30, 2021	May 29, 2022	May 28, 2023	May 26, 2024	May 25, 2025	May 25, 2026	May 25, 2027	May 25, 2028
Revenue	7.20B	9.63B	10.49B	11.39B	12.08B	13.20B	13.69B	14.42B
Revenue Growth	-7.82%	33.82%	8.91%	8.60%	6.03%	9.28%	3.75%	5.28%
EPS	4.78	7.39	7.99	8.51	8.87	10.80	11.57	12.63
EPS Growth	-	54.62%	8.15%	6.50%	4.26%	21.75%	7.19%	9.17%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	19.41	18.11	16.59
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	33	31	13

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028
High	13.9B	14.5B	15.2B
Avg	13.2B	13.7B	14.4B
Low	12.7B	13.1B	13.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	14.9%	10.1%	11.1%
Avg	9.3%	3.8%	5.3%
Low	5.2%	-0.7%	0.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028
High	11.55	12.36	14.06
Avg	10.80	11.57	12.63
Low	10.34	10.95	11.62

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	30.2%	14.5%	21.5%
Avg	21.7%	7.2%	9.2%
Low	16.6%	1.4%	0.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.