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 $222.25, which forecasts a 7.19% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $195 and the highest is $259.

Price Target: $222.25 (+7.19%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$195	$222.25	$225	$259
Change	-5.95%	+7.19%	+8.52%	+24.92%

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	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26
Strong Buy	8	9	10	10	10	9
Buy	8	8	7	7	7	6
Hold	9	9	8	8	8	10
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	25	26	25	25	25	25

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Brian Vaccaro Raymond James	Raymond James	Buy → Hold Downgrades n/a	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	n/a	n/a	Jan 21, 2026
Jake Bartlett Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades $240 → $207	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$240 → $207	-0.16%	Jan 8, 2026
Jeffrey Bernstein Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $230 → $227	Buy	Maintains	$230 → $227	+9.48%	Jan 7, 2026
Andrew Strelzik BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Hold Maintains $205 → $220	Hold	Maintains	$205 → $220	+6.11%	Jan 6, 2026
Nick Setyan Mizuho	Mizuho	Hold Maintains $185 → $195	Hold	Maintains	$185 → $195	-5.95%	Dec 22, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

13.30B

Increased by 10.11%

from 12.08B

Revenue Next Year

13.83B

Increased by 4.02%

from 13.30B

EPS This Year

10.68

Increased by 20.47%

from 8.87

EPS Next Year

11.50

Increased by 7.64%

from 10.68

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	May 30, 2021	May 29, 2022	May 28, 2023	May 26, 2024	May 25, 2025	May 25, 2026	May 25, 2027
Revenue	7.20B	9.63B	10.49B	11.39B	12.08B	13.30B	13.83B
Revenue Growth	-7.82%	33.82%	8.91%	8.60%	6.03%	10.11%	4.02%
EPS	4.78	7.39	7.99	8.51	8.87	10.68	11.50
EPS Growth	-	54.62%	8.15%	6.50%	4.26%	20.47%	7.64%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	19.41	18.03
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	34	35

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	13.9B	14.6B
Avg	13.3B	13.8B
Low	12.8B	13.3B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	15.3%	9.9%
Avg	10.1%	4.0%
Low	6.3%	0.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	11.34	12.42
Avg	10.68	11.50
Low	10.24	10.97

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	27.9%	16.3%
Avg	20.5%	7.6%
Low	15.5%	2.6%

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.