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

Darden Restaurants' Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 12.15% for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 109.0% year-over-year to 12.15% in Q1 2026; TTM through Feb 2026 was 11.35%, a 34.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 11.28%, down 26.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin climbed to 12.15% in Q1 2026 per DRI's latest filing, from 10.33% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 13.52% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 9.26% in Q3 2023.
• The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 11.7% (2025), against an average of 11.47%.
• Biggest YoY gain for Operating Margin was 374 bps in 2022; the steepest drop was 219 bps in 2022.
• Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 9.38% in 2022, then advanced by 9 bps to 10.21% in 2023, then decreased by 1 bps to 10.11% in 2024, then gained by 2 bps to 10.33% in 2025, then rose by 18 bps to 12.15% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest DRI Operating Margin figures stand at 12.15% (Q1 2026), 10.33% (Q4 2025), and 11.14% (Q3 2025).