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Darden Restaurants (DRI) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants has reported Change in Inventory over the past 18 years, most recently at -$9.2 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Change in Inventory at -$9.2 million for Q1 2026, down 241.54% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was $22.1 million (down 10.53% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $20.5 million, up 466.07%.
  • Change in Inventory for Q1 2026 was -$9.2 million at Darden Restaurants, down from $44.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Change in Inventory for DRI hit a ceiling of $44.9 million in Q4 2025 and a floor of -$17.9 million in Q2 2023.
  • Median Change in Inventory over the past 5 years was $6.5 million (2025), compared with a mean of $6.3 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Inventory: soared 934.62% in 2022 and later plummeted 476.0% in 2023.
  • Darden Restaurants' Change in Inventory stood at $22.9 million in 2022, then increased by 3.49% to $23.7 million in 2023, then fell by 24.47% to $17.9 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 150.84% to $44.9 million in 2025, then crashed by 120.49% to -$9.2 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Change in Inventory were -$9.2 million (Q1 2026), $44.9 million (Q4 2025), and -$2.0 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.