Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) is a Restaurants company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, currently trading at $197.98. It has a SharesGrow Score of 60/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 3 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of DRI = $239.55 (+21% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is DRI = $225 (+13.8% upside).
Valuation: DRI trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 20.6 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 2.87.
Financials: revenue is $12.1B, +4.9%/yr average growth. Net income is $1.0B, growing at +2.3%/yr. Net profit margin is 8.7% (thin). Gross margin is 69.7% (+49.8 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $5.9B against $2.3B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 2.57, leveraged). Current ratio is 0.42 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 47.2%. Total assets: $12.6B.
Analyst outlook: 38 / 59 analysts rate DRI as buy (64%) — moderate consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 53/100 (Partial), Growth 45/100 (Partial), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 33/100 (Fail), Moat 84/100 (Pass), Future 61/100 (Pass), Income 45/100 (Partial).
