KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)
Growth Metrics

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

Darden Restaurants has reported EBT Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 10.67% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put EBT Margin at 10.67% for Q1 2026, down 114.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 9.89% (down 44.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 9.85%, down 51.0%.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 was 10.67% at Darden Restaurants, up from 8.78% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBT Margin for DRI hit a ceiling of 12.73% in Q2 2023 and a floor of 8.17% in Q3 2023.
  • Median EBT Margin over the past 5 years was 10.37% (2025), compared with a mean of 10.32%.
  • Peak annual rise in EBT Margin hit 393bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached -232bps in 2022.
  • Darden Restaurants' EBT Margin stood at 8.58% in 2022, then rose by 3bps to 8.85% in 2023, then fell by -4bps to 8.51% in 2024, then increased by 3bps to 8.78% in 2025, then grew by 21bps to 10.67% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBT Margin were 10.67% (Q1 2026), 8.78% (Q4 2025), and 9.65% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.