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Darden Restaurants (DRI) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 18 years, most recently at $451.9 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Free Cash Flow at $451.9 million for Q1 2026, up 5.07% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was $1.0 billion (up 65.05% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $1.1 billion, up 4.11%.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 was $451.9 million at Darden Restaurants, up from -$48.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for DRI hit a ceiling of $793.4 million in Q2 2023 and a floor of -$156.3 million in Q2 2024.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $246.8 million (2022), compared with a mean of $280.3 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: surged 432.9% in 2024 and later crashed 122.25% in 2025.
  • Darden Restaurants' Free Cash Flow stood at $199.2 million in 2022, then soared by 140.36% to $478.8 million in 2023, then plummeted by 54.2% to $219.3 million in 2024, then crashed by 122.25% to -$48.8 million in 2025, then soared by 1026.02% to $451.9 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $451.9 million (Q1 2026), -$48.8 million (Q4 2025), and $337.0 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.