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Darden Restaurants (DRI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Darden Restaurants (DRI) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 0.13% in Q2 2025.

  • For Q2 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.13%; the TTM value through May 2025 reached 0.13%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.14%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.13% in Q2 2025 per DRI's latest filing, roughly flat from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.14% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.03% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 4 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.13% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 17bps in 2022, then fell -1bps in 2025.
  • A 4-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.11% in 2021, then grew by 20bps to 0.14% in 2022, then decreased by -6bps to 0.13% in 2024, then rose by 3bps to 0.13% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.13% in Q2 2025, 0.13% in Q1 2025, and 0.13% in Q4 2024.