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Darden Restaurants (DRI) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.39 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Payout Ratio at 0.39 for Q1 2026, changed 0.12% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 0.67 (down 36.16% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.62, up 0.66%.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 was 0.39 at Darden Restaurants, up from 3.57 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for DRI hit a ceiling of 1.36 in Q1 2023 and a floor of 3.57 in Q4 2025.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.52 (2025), compared with a mean of 0.31.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: surged 281.06% in 2023 and later plummeted 654.44% in 2024.
  • Darden Restaurants' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.75 in 2022, then tumbled by 55.83% to 0.33 in 2023, then skyrocketed by 128.83% to 0.76 in 2024, then tumbled by 572.98% to 3.57 in 2025, then soared by 110.79% to 0.39 in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.39 (Q1 2026), 3.57 (Q4 2025), and 0.52 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.