Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. is classed by the SEC under Retail-Eating Places (industry code 5812), based in Orlando, FL. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2026-05-31, it reported revenue of $13 billion and a profit of $1.2 billion (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a retail business: prior from its industry code (SEC 5812, Retail-Eating Places); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 6.6 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 6.9 out of ten, present 6.8 out of ten, future 6.2 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 7.6 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 76th percentile among 43 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 5.6 out of ten. +7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10. 56th percentile among 42 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 7.3 out of ten. Share count shrank 1.8% a year. 68% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 29 sales, 0 purchases. 74th percentile among 37 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 5.6 out of ten. ROE 55%: 55¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 83%: owes 83¢ per asset dollar. 56th percentile among 41 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 7.9 out of ten. top 21% of 43 in its family; net margin 9.1%. 79th percentile among 43 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 7.9 out of ten. top 21% of 28 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022. 79th percentile among 28 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 4.4 out of ten. bottom 44% of 41 in its family for room to expand. 44th percentile among 41 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 6.5 out of ten. top 35% of 42 in its family for growth drivers. 65th percentile among 42 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 7.0 out of ten. top 30% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality. 70th percentile among 39 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-07-24 for the period ended 2026-05-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-10-02 for the period ended 2026-08-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-09-24 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 4, 2026-10-08. Filings on record since 1995. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Who runs it
Cardenas, Ricardo (President and CEO); Martin, Melvin John (Group President); Wilkerson, John W. (President, Olive Garden); Williamson, Laura B (President, LongHorn Steakhouse); Kiernan, Daniel J. (President, Olive Garden); Vennam, Rajesh (SVP, CFO); Connelly, Susan M. (SVP, Chief Comm & PA Officer); King, Sarah H. (SVP, Chief People Officer); Milanes, Douglas J. (SVP, Chief Supply Chain Ofcr); Madonna, John W. (SVP, Corporate Controller); and 11 more. 21 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-10-08.
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