Darden Restaurants (DRI) Competitors $191.12 -3.98 (-2.04%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$191.17 +0.05 (+0.02%) As of 02/21/2025 07:46 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends DRI vs. CMG, YUM, DPZ, TXRH, EAT, WEN, CAKE, PZZA, CBRL, and BLMNShould you be buying Darden Restaurants stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darden Restaurants include Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Yum! Brands (YUM), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Brinker International (EAT), Wendy's (WEN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), and Bloomin' Brands (BLMN). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry. Darden Restaurants vs. Chipotle Mexican Grill Yum! Brands Domino's Pizza Texas Roadhouse Brinker International Wendy's Cheesecake Factory Papa Johns International Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Bloomin' Brands Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DRI or CMG? Chipotle Mexican Grill received 547 more outperform votes than Darden Restaurants when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.52% of users gave Darden Restaurants an outperform vote while only 60.14% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformDarden RestaurantsOutperform Votes117066.52% Underperform Votes58933.48% Chipotle Mexican GrillOutperform Votes171760.14% Underperform Votes113839.86% Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DRI or CMG? Chipotle Mexican Grill has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Darden Restaurants. Darden Restaurants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chipotle Mexican Grill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDarden Restaurants$11.58B1.93$1.03B$8.7321.82Chipotle Mexican Grill$11.31B6.18$1.53B$1.1146.46 Which has more volatility and risk, DRI or CMG? Darden Restaurants has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate DRI or CMG? Darden Restaurants presently has a consensus price target of $192.52, indicating a potential upside of 1.08%. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a consensus price target of $66.31, indicating a potential upside of 28.57%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chipotle Mexican Grill is more favorable than Darden Restaurants.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Darden Restaurants 1 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 17 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.64Chipotle Mexican Grill 0 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 18 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.71 Is DRI or CMG more profitable? Chipotle Mexican Grill has a net margin of 13.56% compared to Darden Restaurants' net margin of 9.01%. Darden Restaurants' return on equity of 50.12% beat Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Darden Restaurants9.01% 50.12% 9.30% Chipotle Mexican Grill 13.56%42.92%17.32% Does the media prefer DRI or CMG? In the previous week, Chipotle Mexican Grill had 36 more articles in the media than Darden Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill and 16 mentions for Darden Restaurants. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Chipotle Mexican Grill's score of 1.22 indicating that Darden Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Darden Restaurants 15 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Chipotle Mexican Grill 38 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 10 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals and insiders believe in DRI or CMG? 93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryChipotle Mexican Grill beats Darden Restaurants on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Darden Restaurants News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DRI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart DRI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDarden RestaurantsEating places IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$22.29B$8.96B$25.65B$20.03BDividend Yield2.79%4.02%172.57%3.65%P/E Ratio21.8026.5623.2134.84Price / Sales1.932.183.1615.64Price / Cash15.2719.5321.2120.85Price / Book10.096.055.794.92Net Income$1.03B$318.05M$770.12M$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.19%-2.43%-3.28%-1.10%1 Month Performance2.18%6.21%-1.29%-1.44%1 Year Performance14.43%4.26%8.34%13.91% Darden Restaurants Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DRIDarden Restaurants4.5478 of 5 stars$191.12-2.0%$192.52+0.7%+14.8%$22.39B$11.58B21.89191,105Positive NewsCMGChipotle Mexican Grill4.9107 of 5 stars$57.06-1.8%$66.31+16.2%+0.2%$77.74B$11.31B51.39116,068Positive NewsYUMYum! Brands3.8295 of 5 stars$147.80-0.6%$147.37-0.3%+9.8%$41.25B$7.55B28.3135,000DPZDomino's Pizza3.054 of 5 stars$476.66-0.7%$502.33+5.4%+9.9%$16.46B$4.48B29.2811,200Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsTXRHTexas Roadhouse3.8447 of 5 stars$171.70+0.2%$190.83+11.1%+16.1%$11.45B$4.63B29.5091,000Earnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeNews CoverageEATBrinker International3.9507 of 5 stars$158.55-1.0%$140.18-11.6%+223.0%$7.04B$4.42B27.4868,852Positive NewsWENWendy's4.5073 of 5 stars$14.30-3.1%$18.93+32.4%-14.9%$2.92B$2.18B15.0515,300Analyst UpgradeGap UpHigh Trading VolumeCAKECheesecake Factory3.8373 of 5 stars$53.34+1.6%$49.93-6.4%+59.7%$2.72B$3.44B20.2847,900Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePZZAPapa Johns International3.758 of 5 stars$49.04-4.4%$55.67+13.5%-33.3%$1.60B$2.14B17.0913,200Upcoming EarningsHigh Trading VolumeCBRLCracker Barrel Old Country Store4.5065 of 5 stars$47.33-4.2%$57.63+21.8%-34.9%$1.05B$3.47B26.1577,600Upcoming EarningsAnalyst DowngradeBLMNBloomin' Brands2.8703 of 5 stars$11.10-1.0%$16.30+46.8%-55.7%$941.72M$4.67B-100.9087,000Analyst UpgradeNews Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CMG Competitors YUM Competitors DPZ Competitors TXRH Competitors EAT Competitors WEN Competitors CAKE Competitors PZZA Competitors CBRL Competitors BLMN Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:DRI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersSecret financial plot unfolding in Washington DC… [DEVELOPING]What stocks are next up to soar in 2025? 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