Darden Restaurants DRI Insider Ownership

NYSE DRI

$214.54 +6.02 (+2.89%)

As of: Oct 15, 2026 · 3:34 PM EDT

Insider Holdings by Owner

555.66K Shares

Insider Ownership Statistics

as of 30 Sep, 2026

Insider Ownership

0.333%

▲+0.031% pp QoQ

Shares Held by Insiders

378.33K

filed for Sep 2026

▲+8.63% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

113.60Mn

113,600,000 shares

Direct Holdings

345.46K

Indirect: 32.87K

Net Shares Traded (QoQ)

+30.05K

net buying in Sep 2026

Insiders Holding Shares

with Form 4 holdings on file

Shares Owned by Insiders

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Insider Ownership Summary

Updated Oct 11, 2026

In the last 12 months, insiders at Darden Restaurants made open-market sales of $24.83 million (119.84K shares) and bought no shares on the open market.

Behind Darden Restaurants' open-market sales in the past 12 months were 12 insiders, and no insider bought.
Ricardo Cardenas (President and CEO) was DRI's largest open-market seller in the past 12 months, with $8.18 million of sales (39.13K shares); the latest was on July 28, 2026.
The latest open-market trade in DRI stock by an insider was a sale of 2.21K shares for $447,565 by Melvin John Martin (Group President) on October 6, 2026.
Beyond open-market trades, insiders at Darden Restaurants acquired 140.99K shares through option exercises and conversions, gave up 35.42K shares to cover taxes or exercise prices and gave away 7.44K shares as gifts in the last 12 months.
Per Business Quant, DRI insiders together hold 376.16K shares based on their latest Form 4 filings, up 8.01% from 348.28K shares at the end of Q2 2026 and down 3.43% from 389.52K shares at the end of Q3 2025.
Darden Restaurants insiders hold 343.29K shares directly (91.26% of their total) and 32.87K shares (8.74%) indirectly, through entities such as trusts and partnerships.
DRI's insider total is spread across 22 insiders who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years.
DRI's three largest insider shareholders, per their latest Form 4 filings, are Ricardo Cardenas (President and CEO, 86.15K shares), Todd Burrowes (Group President, President, Chuy's, 50.74K shares) and Daniel J. Kiernan (President, Olive Garden, 35.23K shares).
Ricardo Cardenas holds 22.90% of the combined insider position in Darden Restaurants.
Institutional investors held 97.61% of Darden Restaurants stock at the end of Q2 2026, while the latest Form 4 filings of its insiders account for about 0.33%; other investors, including the public, hold roughly 2.06%.
In the past year, 19 insiders of Darden Restaurants submitted 76 Form 4 filings reporting trades, awards or other transactions.
Insider figures for DRI include Form 4 filings through October 8, 2026.

Form 4 Holdings

Insiders Holding DRI

Insiders 23

Shares held 555.66K

Of outstanding 0.489%

#	Insider	Position	Direct	Indirect	Total	Share of Insiders	Last Filed
1	Eugene I Jr Lee	Chairman And Ceo	160,699	0	160,699	28.9%	22 Sep, 2023
2	Ricardo Cardenas	President And Ceo	86,146	0	86,146	15.5%	30 Jul, 2026
3	Todd Burrowes	Group Pres, Pres, Chuy'S	50,741	0	50,741	9.1%	29 Jul, 2026
4	Daniel J. Kiernan	President, Olive Garden	34,988	242	35,230	6.3%	29 Jul, 2025
5	James P Fogarty	Director	27,434	0	27,434	4.9%	18 Sep, 2026
6	Timothy J Wilmott	Director	0	27,094	27,094	4.9%	13 Oct, 2023
7	Richard L. Renninger	Svp, Chief Development Officer	25,756	0	25,756	4.6%	01 Aug, 2023
8	Melvin John Martin	Group President	21,560	0	21,560	3.9%	08 Oct, 2026
9	Charles M Sonsteby	Director	19,351	0	19,351	3.5%	26 Jan, 2026
10	John W. Wilkerson	President, Olive Garden	18,794	0	18,794	3.4%	06 Aug, 2026
11	Laura B Williamson	President, Longhorn Steakhouse	10,754	5,536	16,290	2.9%	04 Aug, 2026
12	Matthew R Broad	Svp General Counsel	13,916	0	13,916	2.5%	08 Oct, 2025
13	John W. Madonna	Svp, Corporate Controller	10,808	0	10,808	1.9%	29 Sep, 2026
14	Rajesh Vennam	Svp, Cfo	8,570	0	8,570	1.5%	30 Jul, 2026
15	William S Simon	Director	7,167	0	7,167	1.3%	18 Sep, 2026
16	Nana Mensah	Director	5,788	0	5,788	1.0%	30 Jan, 2025
17	Juliana L Chugg	Director	5,144	0	5,144	0.9%	18 Sep, 2026
18	Susan M. Connelly	Svp, Chief Comm Pa Officer	4,165	0	4,165	0.7%	30 Jul, 2026
19	Douglas J. Milanes	Svp, Chief Supply Chain Ofcr	3,834	0	3,834	0.7%	29 Jul, 2026
20	Daryl Kenningham	Director	2,810	0	2,810	0.5%	18 Sep, 2026
21	Lindsay L. Koren	Svp General Counsel	2,454	0	2,454	0.4%	29 Jul, 2026
22	M Shan Atkins	Director	1,162	0	1,162	0.2%	19 Sep, 2025
23	Sarah H. King	Svp, Chief People Officer	743	0	743	0.1%	30 Jul, 2026

Each row is that insider’s most recently reported position, from Form 4 filings over the last 60 months — which is why this total does not tie to the quarterly series above, where a quarter counts only the insiders who filed in it. Shares held through a fund or institutional portfolio are counted on the institutional ownership page instead.

Form 4 Filings

3,910 Insider Transactions

Source SEC Form 4

Latest quarter Sep 2026

Date	Insider	Position	Transaction	Shares	Price	Value	Shares Held After	Ownership
06 Oct, 2026	Melvin John Martin	Group President	Disposed S	2,209	$202.61	$447.57K	21,560	Direct
28 Sep, 2026	John W. Madonna	Svp, Corporate Controller	Disposed G	510	$0.00	$0	10,883	Direct
29 Sep, 2026	John W. Madonna	Svp, Corporate Controller	Disposed G	75	$0.00	$0	10,808	Direct
23 Sep, 2026	James P Fogarty	Director	Acquired A	936	$0.00	$0	936	Direct
23 Sep, 2026	Charles M Sonsteby	Director	Acquired A	936	$0.00	$0	936	Direct
23 Sep, 2026	William S Simon	Director	Acquired A	936	$0.00	$0	936	Direct
23 Sep, 2026	M Shan Atkins	Director	Acquired A	936	$0.00	$0	936	Direct
23 Sep, 2026	Cynthia T Jamison	Director, Other	Acquired A	1,404	$0.00	$0	1,404	Direct
23 Sep, 2026	Timothy J Wilmott	Director	Acquired A	936	$0.00	$0	936	Direct
23 Sep, 2026	Juliana L Chugg	Director	Acquired A	936	$0.00	$0	936	Direct
23 Sep, 2026	Daryl Kenningham	Director	Acquired A	936	$0.00	$0	936	Direct
17 Sep, 2026	William S Simon	Director	Acquired M	886	$0.00	$0	7,167	Direct
17 Sep, 2026	James P Fogarty	Director	Acquired M	886	$0.00	$0	27,434	Direct
17 Sep, 2026	Daryl Kenningham	Director	Acquired M	886	$0.00	$0	2,810	Direct
17 Sep, 2026	Juliana L Chugg	Director	Acquired M	886	$0.00	$0	5,144	Direct
17 Sep, 2026	William S Simon	Director	Disposed M	886	—	—	0	Direct
17 Sep, 2026	Juliana L Chugg	Director	Disposed M	886	—	—	0	Direct
17 Sep, 2026	Daryl Kenningham	Director	Disposed M	886	—	—	0	Direct
17 Sep, 2026	James P Fogarty	Director	Disposed M	886	—	—	0	Direct
30 Aug, 2026	Daryl Kenningham	Director	Acquired M	150	$0.00	$0	1,924	Direct

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