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Darden Restaurants (DRI) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Darden Restaurants (DRI) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on record, last reported at 98.43% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin rose 12.0% year-over-year to 98.43%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 98.61%, up 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 98.59%, 14.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 98.43% in Q4 2025 per DRI's latest filing, roughly flat from 98.39% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 99.22% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 98.31% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 98.77%, with a median of 98.82% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: soared 194bps in 2021, then tumbled -34bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 99.04% in 2021, then dropped by 0bps to 98.75% in 2022, then decreased by 0bps to 98.65% in 2023, then fell by 0bps to 98.31% in 2024, then grew by 0bps to 98.43% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Gross Margin were 98.43% in Q4 2025, 98.39% in Q3 2025, and 98.75% in Q2 2025.