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Darden Restaurants (DRI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.14% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.14% for Q1 2026, up 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 0.14% (up 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.14%, down 1.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 was 0.14% at Darden Restaurants, down from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for DRI hit a ceiling of 0.15% in Q2 2023 and a floor of 0.13% in Q4 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.14% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.14%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: grew 17bps in 2022 and later decreased -1bps in 2024.
  • Darden Restaurants' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.14% in 2022, then increased by 2bps to 0.14% in 2023, then dropped by -9bps to 0.13% in 2024, then grew by 11bps to 0.14% in 2025, then decreased by -2bps to 0.14% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.14% (Q1 2026), 0.14% (Q4 2025), and 0.14% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.