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 $226.5, which forecasts a 12.96% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $200 and the highest is $262.

Price Target: $226.5 (+12.96%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$200	$226.5	$230	$262
Change	-0.26%	+12.96%	+14.70%	+30.66%

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	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	10	10	10	9	9	8
Buy	7	7	7	7	7	8
Hold	8	8	8	9	9	9
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	25	25	25	25	25	25

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jon Tower Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $235 → $238	Strong Buy	Maintains	$235 → $238	+18.69%	Mar 20, 2026
David Palmer Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Buy Maintains $225 → $230	Buy	Maintains	$225 → $230	+14.70%	Mar 20, 2026
Brian Mullan Deutsche Bank	Deutsche Bank	Strong Buy Maintains $222 → $230	Strong Buy	Maintains	$222 → $230	+14.70%	Mar 20, 2026
Zachary Fadem Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $200 → $210	Hold	Maintains	$200 → $210	+4.73%	Mar 20, 2026
Jeffrey Bernstein Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $227 → $232	Buy	Maintains	$227 → $232	+15.70%	Mar 20, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

13.30B

from 12.08B

10.10%

from 12.08B

Revenue Next Year

13.81B

from 13.30B

3.84%

from 13.30B

EPS This Year

10.69

from 8.87

20.52%

from 8.87

EPS Next Year

11.51

from 10.69

7.66%

from 10.69

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	13.81B
Revenue Growth	-7.82%	33.82%	8.91%	8.60%	6.03%	10.10%	3.84%
EPS	4.78	7.39	7.99	8.51	8.87	10.69	11.51
EPS Growth	-	54.62%	8.15%	6.50%	4.26%	20.52%	7.66%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	18.76	17.43
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	34	35

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	13.9B	14.6B
Avg	13.3B	13.8B
Low	12.8B	13.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	15.3%	9.9%
Avg	10.1%	3.8%
Low	6.3%	-0.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	11.34	12.48
Avg	10.69	11.51
Low	10.24	10.97

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	27.9%	16.8%
Avg	20.5%	7.7%
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.