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

Darden Restaurants has reported Operating Expenses for 18 years, with the latest figure at $2.9 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 7.27% year-over-year to $2.9 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 stood at $11.3 billion (up 8.93% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $10.7 billion, up 6.34% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $2.9 billion, up from $2.8 billion in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Operating Expenses was $2.9 billion in Q1 2026, with the low at $2.1 billion in Q1 2022.
• Average Operating Expenses over 5 years is $2.5 billion, with a median of $2.5 billion recorded in 2024.
• Year-over-year, Operating Expenses soared 35.53% in 2022 and advanced 0.41% in 2024.
• Tracing DRI's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $2.3 billion in 2022, then increased by 8.68% to $2.4 billion in 2023, then gained by 6.09% to $2.6 billion in 2024, then rose by 7.07% to $2.8 billion in 2025, then rose 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.

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