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

Darden Restaurants has reported Operating Expenses for 18 years, with the latest figure at $3.2 billion in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 10.84% year-over-year to $3.2 billion in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was $11.6 billion, a 8.53% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $11.6 billion, up 8.53% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses was $3.2 billion for Q2 2026 at Darden Restaurants, up from $2.9 billion in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Operating Expenses was $3.2 billion in Q2 2026, with the low at $2.1 billion in Q1 2022.
• Average Operating Expenses over 5 years is $2.6 billion, with a median of $2.5 billion recorded in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Operating Expenses surged 35.53% in 2022, then gained 0.41% in 2024.
• Over 5 years, Operating Expenses 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 grew by 15.11% to $3.2 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $3.2 billion (Q2 2026), $2.9 billion (Q1 2026), and $2.8 billion (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.