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

Darden Restaurants has reported Gross Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 98.82% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 98.82% for Q1 2026, down 6.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 98.6% (up 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 98.59%, down 14.0%.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 was 98.82% at Darden Restaurants, roughly flat from 98.43% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for DRI hit a ceiling of 99.22% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 98.31% in Q4 2024.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 98.75% (2022), compared with a mean of 98.73%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: rose 29bps in 2022 and later plummeted -34bps in 2024.
  • Darden Restaurants' Gross Margin stood at 98.75% in 2022, then fell by 0bps to 98.65% in 2023, then dropped by 0bps to 98.31% in 2024, then increased by 0bps to 98.43% in 2025, then increased by 0bps to 98.82% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 98.82% (Q1 2026), 98.43% (Q4 2025), and 98.39% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.