Darden Restaurants (DRI) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$204.89 -3.10 (-1.49%)

Closing price 03/28/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

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$204.00 -0.89 (-0.44%)

As of 03/28/2025 07:38 PM Eastern

Darden Restaurants - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2025)

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 26 Analyst Ratings

Sell
1

Hold
8

Buy
17

Based on 26 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Darden Restaurants in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 26 analysts, 1 has given a sell rating, 8 have given a hold rating, and 17 have given a buy rating for DRI.

Consensus Price Target

$202.08
-1.37% Downside

According to the 26 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Darden Restaurants, the average price target is $202.08. The highest price target for DRI is $238.00, while the lowest price target for DRI is $124.00. The average price target represents a forecasted downside of -1.37% from the current price of $204.89.

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DRI Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 3/29/24 to 3/29/25	1 Month Ago 2/28/24 to 2/27/25	3 Months Ago 12/30/23 to 12/29/24	1 Year Ago 3/30/23 to 3/29/24
Strong Buy	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	17 Buy rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)
Hold	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)
Sell	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$202.08	$192.52	$187.44	$178.85
Forecasted Upside	-1.37% Downside	-1.26% Downside	-0.07% Downside	7.00% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

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DRI Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

DRI Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Darden Restaurants Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Darden Restaurants	Retail/Wholesale Companies	S&P 500
Consensus Rating Score	2.62	2.54	2.54
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	-1.37% Downside	55.96% Upside	19.88% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent DRI News	Positive News	Positive News

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Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst Name	Action	Rating	Price Target	Upside/Downside on Report Date
3/24/2025	Guggenheim 2 of 5 stars	Greg Francfort Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$205.00 ➝ $220.00	+7.53%
3/21/2025	Wells Fargo & Company 3 of 5 stars	Zachary Fadem Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$180.00 ➝ $200.00	+0.28%
3/21/2025	Citigroup 3 of 5 stars	Jon Tower Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$223.00 ➝ $229.00	+14.99%
3/21/2025	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Jeffrey Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$230.00 ➝ $235.00	+18.08%
3/21/2025	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Dennis Geiger Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$210.00 ➝ $225.00	+13.44%
3/21/2025	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Eric Gonzalez Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$200.00 ➝ $220.00	+10.92%
3/21/2025	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Strelzik Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$175.00 ➝ $190.00	-4.36%
3/21/2025	TD Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Charles Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$180.00 ➝ $190.00	-4.36%
3/21/2025	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Brian Harbour Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$209.00 ➝ $217.00	+9.23%
3/21/2025	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Nick Setyan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$220.00 ➝ $235.00	+18.29%
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3/21/2025	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Sara Senatore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$230.00 ➝ $238.00	+19.80%
3/21/2025	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Chris O'Cull Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$205.00 ➝ $215.00	+8.23%
3/21/2025	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Jim Salera Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$175.00 ➝ $178.00	-10.40%
3/21/2025	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	David Tarantino Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$192.00 ➝ $210.00	+5.71%
3/21/2025	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Brian Bittner Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$218.00 ➝ $230.00	+15.78%
3/17/2025	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Jake Bartlett Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$200.00 ➝ $212.00	+13.81%
1/28/2025	Raymond James Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Brian Vaccaro Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$200.00 ➝ $210.00	+8.78%
1/22/2025	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	D. Gargiulo Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$180.00 ➝ $215.00	+15.34%
12/5/2024	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	C. Cho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$183.00	+6.88%
9/20/2024	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	P. Saleh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$175.00 ➝ $195.00	+14.38%
9/20/2024	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$159.00 ➝ $177.00	+3.64%
9/20/2024	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$165.00 ➝ $176.00	+3.05%
9/20/2024	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	D. Palmer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	In-Line ➝ Outperform	$165.00 ➝ $205.00	+19.00%
9/19/2024	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	A. Charles Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold ➝ Hold	$150.00 ➝ $150.00	-5.74%
7/11/2024	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Hold ➝ Underperform	$154.00 ➝ $124.00	-10.16%
6/25/2024	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$186.00 ➝ $175.00	+13.54%
10/19/2023	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Buy	$159.00	+12.99%
9/25/2023	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$183.00 ➝ $180.00	+25.44%
6/26/2023	VNET Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Reiterates

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Should I Buy Darden Restaurants Stock? DRI Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Monday, March 24, 2025. Please send any questions or comments about these Darden Restaurants pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Darden Restaurants
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Darden Restaurants, Inc.:

The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of $1.40, which translates to an annualized dividend of $5.60 and a yield of 2.80%. This consistent dividend payout can provide a steady income stream for investors.
Recent analyst upgrades have increased price targets for Darden Restaurants, Inc., with the consensus target now at $201.36. This suggests potential for capital appreciation, making it an attractive investment opportunity.
Institutional ownership is strong, with 93.64% of the stock held by hedge funds and other institutional investors. High institutional ownership often indicates confidence in the company's future performance.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. has shown resilience in its operations, with recent growth in stakes by major investors like State Street Corp and Charles Schwab Investment Management, indicating positive sentiment in the market.
The company operates a diverse portfolio of full-service restaurants, which can help mitigate risks associated with market fluctuations and changing consumer preferences.

Darden Restaurants
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Darden Restaurants, Inc. for these reasons:

Insider selling has been noted, with insiders selling 45,698 shares valued at over $8.5 million in the last three months. This could signal a lack of confidence in the company's short-term prospects.
The company's dividend payout ratio is currently at 64.15%, which indicates that a significant portion of earnings is being distributed as dividends. This could limit the funds available for reinvestment in growth opportunities.
Despite positive analyst ratings, one analyst has issued a sell rating, suggesting that there may be underlying concerns about the stock's performance that could affect its value.
Market volatility and economic uncertainties can impact consumer spending in the restaurant sector, potentially affecting Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s revenue and profitability.
Recent modifications in holdings by institutional investors may reflect a strategic shift or caution regarding the stock, which could be a red flag for potential investors.

DRI Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

: According to the research reports of 26 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Darden Restaurants is $202.08, with a high forecast of $238.00 and a low forecast of $124.00.
: 26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Darden Restaurants in the last twelve months. There is currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" DRI shares.
: According to analysts, Darden Restaurants's stock has a predicted downside of -1.37% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.
: Over the previous 90 days, Darden Restaurants's stock had 1 upgrade by analysts.
: Darden Restaurants has been rated by research analysts at Bank of America, Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, Guggenheim, KeyCorp, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer, Raymond James, Robert W. Baird, Sanford C. Bernstein, Stephens, Stifel Nicolaus, TD Securities, Truist Financial, UBS Group, Wedbush, and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.
: Analysts like Darden Restaurants more than other "retail/wholesale" companies. The consensus rating score for Darden Restaurants is 2.62 while the average consensus rating score for "retail/wholesale" companies is 2.54. Learn more on how DRI compares to other companies.

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Darden Restaurants (DRI) Stock Forecast & Price Target