Darden Restaurants (DRI) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants' Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $2.9 billion for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 7.27% year-over-year to $2.9 billion; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at $11.3 billion (up 8.93% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $10.7 billion, up 6.34% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses was $2.9 billion for Q1 2026 at Darden Restaurants, up from $2.8 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $2.9 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $2.1 billion in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $2.5 billion across 5 years, with a median of $2.5 billion in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Operating Expenses jumped 35.53% in 2022, then rose 0.41% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $2.3 billion in 2022, then grew by 8.68% to $2.4 billion in 2023, then rose by 6.09% to $2.6 billion in 2024, then increased by 7.07% to $2.8 billion in 2025, then increased by 5.65% to $2.9 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $2.9 billion (Q1 2026), $2.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.7 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.