Darden Restaurants (DRI) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants' Gross Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 98.82% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Gross Margin fell 6.0% year-over-year to 98.82%; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at 98.6% (up 2.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 98.59%, down 14.0% from the prior year.
• Gross Margin was 98.82% for Q1 2026 at Darden Restaurants, roughly flat from 98.43% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 99.22% in Q2 2022 to a low of 98.31% in Q4 2024.
• Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 98.73% across 5 years, with a median of 98.75% in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Gross Margin gained 29 bps in 2022, then slumped 34 bps in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 98.75% in 2022, then decreased by 0 bps to 98.65% in 2023, then fell by 0 bps to 98.31% in 2024, then grew by 0 bps to 98.43% in 2025, then grew by 0 bps to 98.82% in 2026.
• The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 98.82% (Q1 2026), 98.43% (Q4 2025), and 98.39% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.