Darden Restaurants dividend yield DRI

Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 2.94%
10-year median: 2.9%
Against its 10-year history: 55th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 0.3% to 8.7%
Peer median: 2.7%

Darden Restaurants pays 2.94% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 2.9%, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 0.3% in Dec 2020 to 8.7% in Mar 2020.

The median for 10 restaurant stocks of a similar size is 2.7%.

Dividend yield over time

median 2.9%

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	2.9%	2.7%	3.2%
2025	3.1%	2.5%	3.3%
2024	2.9%	2.9%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	2.9%	3.8%
2022	3.3%	2.9%	3.9%
2021	2.3%	1.6%	2.5%
2020	0.3%	0.3%	8.7%
2019	3.0%	2.4%	3.0%
2018	2.8%	2.2%	3.0%
2017	2.5%	2.4%	3.0%
2016	2.9%	2.7%	3.4%
2015	3.1%	3.0%	3.8%
2014	3.8%	3.8%	4.9%
2013	3.9%	3.7%	4.5%
2012	4.2%	3.1%	4.2%
2011	3.3%	2.4%	3.5%
2010	2.5%	2.1%	2.8%
2009	2.6%	2.0%	3.1%
2008	2.7%	2.0%	5.3%
2007	3.0%	1.0%	3.0%

Companies in Restaurants nearest Darden Restaurants' size, closest first, today.

Company	Dividend yield
DRIDarden Restaurants	2.94%
QSRRestaurant Brands International	3.41%
CMGChipotle Mexican Grill	n/m
YUMCYum China	n/m
YUMYum! Brands	1.98%
ARMKAramark	n/m
TXRHTexas Roadhouse	n/m
EATBrinker International	n/m
BROSDutch Bros	n/m
CAVACava	n/m
CAKECheesecake Factory	n/m
Peer median	2.69%