Darden Restaurants Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 26 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Darden Restaurants stock have an average target of 223.73, with a low estimate of 185 and a high estimate of 259. The average target predicts an increase of 25.89% from the current stock price of 177.72.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$185	$223.73	$225	$259
Change	+4.10%	+25.89%	+26.60%	+45.73%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Darden Restaurants stock from 26 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25
Strong Buy	8	8	10	11	11	11
Buy	8	8	8	7	7	7
Hold	9	9	9	8	8	8
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	25	25	27	26	26	26

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jon Tower Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $239 → $232	Strong Buy	Maintains	$239 → $232	+30.54%	Dec 3, 2025
Nick Setyan Mizuho	Mizuho	Hold Maintains $190 → $185	Hold	Maintains	$190 → $185	+4.10%	Nov 24, 2025
Nick Setyan Mizuho	Mizuho	Hold Initiates $190	Hold	Initiates	$190	+6.91%	Oct 28, 2025
Christine Cho Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $225	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$225	+26.60%	Oct 20, 2025
John Ivankoe JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy Maintains $240 → $230	Buy	Maintains	$240 → $230	+29.42%	Oct 6, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

13.20B

from 12.08B

9.28%

from 12.08B

Revenue Next Year

13.70B

from 13.20B

3.78%

from 13.20B

EPS This Year

10.72

from 8.87

20.90%

from 8.87

EPS Next Year

11.50

from 10.72

7.24%

from 10.72

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	May 30, 2021	May 29, 2022	May 28, 2023	May 26, 2024	May 25, 2025	May 25, 2026	May 25, 2027
Revenue	7.20B	9.63B	10.49B	11.39B	12.08B	13.20B	13.70B
Revenue Growth	-7.82%	33.82%	8.91%	8.60%	6.03%	9.28%	3.78%
EPS	4.78	7.39	7.99	8.51	8.87	10.72	11.50
EPS Growth	-	54.62%	8.15%	6.50%	4.26%	20.90%	7.24%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	16.58	15.46
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	35	33

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	13.9B	14.4B
Avg	13.2B	13.7B
Low	12.4B	12.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	14.9%	9.4%
Avg	9.3%	3.8%
Low	3.1%	-2.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	11.34	12.38
Avg	10.72	11.50
Low	10.27	10.93

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	27.9%	15.5%
Avg	20.9%	7.2%
Low	15.8%	1.9%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.