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Darden Restaurants (DRI) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants has reported Tax Rate over the past 18 years, most recently at 12.95% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Tax Rate at 12.95% for Q1 2026, down 20.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 11.85% (down 80.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 11.45%, down 84.0%.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 was 12.95% at Darden Restaurants, up from 12.85% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Rate for DRI hit a ceiling of 13.73% in Q3 2022 and a floor of 9.58% in Q2 2025.
  • Median Tax Rate over the past 5 years was 12.28% (2024), compared with a mean of 12.15%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Tax Rate: surged 3236bps in 2022 and later plummeted -414bps in 2025.
  • Darden Restaurants' Tax Rate stood at 12.14% in 2022, then decreased by -1bps to 12.05% in 2023, then grew by 2bps to 12.28% in 2024, then increased by 5bps to 12.85% in 2025, then rose by 1bps to 12.95% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Tax Rate were 12.95% (Q1 2026), 12.85% (Q4 2025), and 12.22% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.