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Darden Restaurants (DRI) EBIT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants has reported EBIT Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 12.15% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put EBIT Margin at 12.15% for Q1 2026, down 109.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 11.35% (down 34.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 11.28%, down 26.0%.
  • EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 was 12.15% at Darden Restaurants, up from 10.33% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBIT Margin for DRI hit a ceiling of 13.52% in Q2 2023 and a floor of 9.26% in Q3 2023.
  • Median EBIT Margin over the past 5 years was 11.7% (2025), compared with a mean of 11.47%.
  • Peak annual rise in EBIT Margin hit 374bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached -219bps in 2022.
  • Darden Restaurants' EBIT Margin stood at 9.38% in 2022, then rose by 9bps to 10.21% in 2023, then fell by -1bps to 10.11% in 2024, then increased by 2bps to 10.33% in 2025, then grew by 18bps to 12.15% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBIT Margin were 12.15% (Q1 2026), 10.33% (Q4 2025), and 11.14% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.