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

Darden Restaurants has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.3% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.3% for Q1 2026, up 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 0.3% (up 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.3%, down 4.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 was 0.3% at Darden Restaurants, up from 0.3% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for DRI hit a ceiling of 0.35% in Q2 2023 and a floor of 0.28% in Q2 2025.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.32% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.32%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: surged 38bps in 2022 and later decreased -5bps in 2025.
  • Darden Restaurants' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.33% in 2022, then dropped by -6bps to 0.31% in 2023, then fell by -2bps to 0.31% in 2024, then decreased by -2bps to 0.3% in 2025, then rose by 1bps to 0.3% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.3% (Q1 2026), 0.3% (Q4 2025), and 0.29% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.