Darden Restaurants price to free cash flow DRI

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 22.8×
10-year median: 19.7×
Against its 10-year history: 81st; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 5.9× to 69.9×
Peer median: 25.2×

Darden Restaurants' price to free cash flow is 22.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 19.7×, higher than on 81% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.9× in Mar 2020 to 69.9× in Jul 2021.

The median for 10 restaurant stocks of a similar size is 25.2×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 19.7×

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

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	22.8×	20.4×	24.9×
2025	19.9×	18.3×	24.9×
2024	21.4×	16.6×	22.1×
2023	24.7×	17.6×	24.7×
2022	15.5×	14.0×	20.1×
2021	22.4×	19.4×	69.9×
2020	54.4×	5.9×	54.4×
2019	15.5×	15.5×	21.2×
2018	19.1×	17.8×	23.6×
2017	19.9×	13.0×	20.0×
2016	14.2×	11.6×	15.3×
2015	12.4×	10.6×	36.2×
2014	74.5×	18.0×	74.7×
2013	31.3×	17.8×	31.3×
2012	20.8×	20.8×	72.8×
2011	23.9×	14.7×	25.4×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
DRIDarden Restaurants	22.8×
QSRRestaurant Brands International	21.0×
CMGChipotle Mexican Grill	22.2×
YUMCYum China	16.2×
YUMYum! Brands	24.3×
ARMKAramark	32.0×
TXRHTexas Roadhouse	26.8×
EATBrinker International	13.7×
BROSDutch Bros	76.3×
CAVACava	127×
CAKECheesecake Factory	26.1×
Peer median	25.2×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.