Darden Restaurants (DRI) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Darden Restaurants' Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 12.95% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 20.0% year-over-year to 12.95%; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at 11.85% (down 80.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 11.45%, down 84.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate was 12.95% for Q1 2026 at Darden Restaurants, up from 12.85% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 13.73% in Q3 2022 to a low of 9.58% in Q2 2025.
• Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 12.15% across 5 years, with a median of 12.28% in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Tax Rate soared 3236 bps in 2022, then plunged 414 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 12.14% in 2022, then retreated by 1 bps to 12.05% in 2023, then rose by 2 bps to 12.28% in 2024, then gained by 5 bps to 12.85% in 2025, then increased by 1 bps to 12.95% in 2026.
• The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 12.95% (Q1 2026), 12.85% (Q4 2025), and 12.22% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.