Darden Restaurants (DRI) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants' FCF Payout Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.46 for Q2 2026.

• In Q2 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 21.53% year-over-year to 0.46; the TTM figure through May 2026 stood at 0.62 (changed 0.1% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 0.62, changed 0.11% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio for Q2 2026 stood at 0.46, up from 0.39 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 2.96 in Q4 2022, with the low at 0.36 in Q1 2024.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.56 (2022), against an average of 0.83.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio soared 335.66% in 2022, then slumped 70.21% in 2023.
• Darden Restaurants' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 2.96 in 2022, then tumbled by 70.21% to 0.88 in 2023, then decreased by 14.31% to 0.76 in 2024, then soared by 92.67% to 1.46 in 2025, then plunged by 68.73% to 0.46 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows DRI's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.46 in Q2 2026, 0.39 in Q1 2026, and 1.46 in Q4 2025.