Darden Restaurants (DRI) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants' Free Cash Flow history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $451.9 million for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow rose 5.07% year-over-year to $451.9 million; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at $1.0 billion (up 65.05% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $1.1 billion, up 4.11% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow was $451.9 million for Q1 2026 at Darden Restaurants, up from -$48.8 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $793.4 million in Q2 2023 to a low of -$156.3 million in Q2 2024.
• Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $280.3 million across 5 years, with a median of $246.8 million in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Free Cash Flow soared 432.9% in 2024, then tumbled 122.25% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $199.2 million in 2022, then surged by 140.36% to $478.8 million in 2023, then tumbled by 54.2% to $219.3 million in 2024, then sank by 122.25% to -$48.8 million in 2025, then surged by 1026.02% to $451.9 million in 2026.
• The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $451.9 million (Q1 2026), -$48.8 million (Q4 2025), and $337.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.