Darden Restaurants (DRI) Competitors $187.59 +4.15 (+2.26%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends DRI vs. YUM, DPZ, TXRH, EAT, WEN, CAKE, PZZA, CBRL, BLMN, and BJRIShould you be buying Darden Restaurants stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darden Restaurants include 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), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), and BJ's Restaurants (BJRI). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry. Darden Restaurants vs. Yum! Brands Domino's Pizza Texas Roadhouse Brinker International Wendy's Cheesecake Factory Papa Johns International Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Bloomin' Brands BJ's Restaurants Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends. Is DRI or YUM a better dividend stock? Darden Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Yum! Brands pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Darden Restaurants pays out 64.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yum! Brands pays out 50.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DRI or YUM? 93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Yum! Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yum! Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is DRI or YUM more profitable? Yum! Brands has a net margin of 21.13% compared to Darden Restaurants' net margin of 9.11%. Darden Restaurants' return on equity of 49.46% beat Yum! Brands' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Darden Restaurants9.11% 49.46% 9.39% Yum! Brands 21.13%-18.93%23.12% Does the media prefer DRI or YUM? In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 54 more articles in the media than Yum! Brands. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 19 mentions for Yum! Brands. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Yum! Brands' score of 0.57 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 24 Very Positive mention(s) 6 Positive mention(s) 25 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Yum! Brands 7 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DRI or YUM? Yum! Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Darden Restaurants. Darden Restaurants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yum! Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDarden Restaurants$11.42B1.93$1.03B$8.6721.64Yum! Brands$7.22B5.11$1.60B$5.3524.74 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DRI or YUM? Darden Restaurants received 91 more outperform votes than Yum! Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Darden Restaurants an outperform vote while only 64.89% of users gave Yum! Brands an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformDarden RestaurantsOutperform Votes116566.42% Underperform Votes58933.58% Yum! BrandsOutperform Votes107464.89% Underperform Votes58135.11% Do analysts rate DRI or YUM? Darden Restaurants presently has a consensus target price of $186.60, suggesting a potential downside of 0.53%. Yum! Brands has a consensus target price of $145.94, suggesting a potential upside of 10.26%. Given Yum! Brands' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Yum! Brands is more favorable than Darden Restaurants.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Darden Restaurants 1 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.60Yum! Brands 0 Sell rating(s) 12 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33 Which has more volatility and risk, DRI or YUM? Darden Restaurants has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum! Brands has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryDarden Restaurants beats Yum! Brands on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Crypto Swap ProfitsURGENT: This Altcoin Opportunity Won’t Wait – Act NowAll of our key indicators are flashing the same signal: an altcoin season is fast approaching. And if you know anything about crypto, you know that altcoin seasons are where some of the biggest gains happen.Register for the FREE Workshop Now & get $10 in Bitcoin 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$22.04B$9.46B$24.60B$19.18BDividend Yield3.36%3.73%165.84%3.58%P/E Ratio21.6428.77108.7941.22Price / Sales1.932.243.7617.58Price / Cash13.0221.3421.7421.28Price / Book9.948.945.425.32Net Income$1.03B$317.55M$675.22M$989.67M7 Day Performance12.54%-1.57%-2.92%-3.45%1 Month Performance13.84%-0.67%0.23%-3.73%1 Year Performance15.65%2.11%8.77%12.06% Darden Restaurants Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DRIDarden Restaurants4.3988 of 5 stars$187.59+2.3%$186.60-0.5%+15.7%$22.04B$11.42B21.64191,105Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeYUMYum! Brands4.518 of 5 stars$136.22-0.6%$145.94+7.1%+2.6%$38.01B$7.08B25.6135,000Insider TradeDPZDomino's Pizza4.7351 of 5 stars$451.46-0.4%$495.76+9.8%+5.7%$15.59B$4.67B27.8411,200TXRHTexas Roadhouse3.5767 of 5 stars$187.45+0.3%$190.09+1.4%+53.3%$12.51B$5.10B32.1191,000Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionEATBrinker International3.6703 of 5 stars$131.46+2.8%$91.38-30.5%+224.8%$5.84B$4.42B31.1868,852Analyst UpgradeWENWendy's4.15 of 5 stars$17.02-0.5%$20.36+19.6%-16.1%$3.47B$2.18B18.0115,300CAKECheesecake Factory4.2561 of 5 stars$51.19+2.6%$47.15-7.9%+39.4%$2.61B$3.54B19.1447,900PZZAPapa Johns International4.2672 of 5 stars$43.09-3.8%$60.82+41.1%-46.4%$1.41B$2.14B15.6113,200CBRLCracker Barrel Old Country Store4.2656 of 5 stars$52.21+1.9%$57.25+9.7%-32.0%$1.16B$3.47B28.3177,600Analyst RevisionBLMNBloomin' Brands3.5389 of 5 stars$12.80+4.3%$19.09+49.1%-55.2%$1.09B$4.55B-111.5587,000BJRIBJ's Restaurants4.156 of 5 stars$38.16+6.4%$38.57+1.1%+6.9%$870.70M$1.34B28.7021,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies YUM Competitors DPZ Competitors TXRH Competitors EAT Competitors WEN Competitors CAKE Competitors PZZA Competitors CBRL Competitors BLMN Competitors BJRI 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 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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