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Darden Restaurants (DRI) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants has reported Share-based Compensation over the past 18 years, most recently at $17.6 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Share-based Compensation at $17.6 million for Q1 2026, up 12.82% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was $81.1 million (up 7.85% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $79.1 million, up 15.47%.
  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 was $17.6 million at Darden Restaurants, down from $23.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Share-based Compensation for DRI hit a ceiling of $34.7 million in Q3 2024 and a floor of $10.7 million in Q2 2022.
  • Median Share-based Compensation over the past 5 years was $14.9 million (2023), compared with a mean of $17.9 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Share-based Compensation hit 72.38% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 37.1% in 2022.
  • Darden Restaurants' Share-based Compensation stood at $18.1 million in 2022, then decreased by 25.41% to $13.5 million in 2023, then rose by 5.19% to $14.2 million in 2024, then surged by 68.31% to $23.9 million in 2025, then decreased by 26.36% to $17.6 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Share-based Compensation were $17.6 million (Q1 2026), $23.9 million (Q4 2025), and $25.0 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.