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FCF Margin for Darden Restaurants (DRI)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

12.3%

YoY change

−0.06pp

Trough year (1995)

-2.9%

Peak year (2015)

37.9%

FCF Margin history chart for Darden Restaurants (DRI) from 1995 to 2025

Latest: 8.6%

FCF Margin change chart for Darden Restaurants (DRI) from 1995 to 2025

Latest: −0.06pp

FCF Margin history table for Darden Restaurants (DRI) from 1995 to 2025

  • 20258.6%-0.06pp
  • 20248.6%-0.44pp
  • 20239.1%+0.18pp
  • 20228.9%-3.95pp
  • 202112.9%+10.07pp
  • 20202.8%-6.42pp
  • 20199.2%+1.94pp
  • 20187.3%-0.88pp
  • 20178.2%+0.22pp
  • 20167.9%-29.98pp
  • 201537.9%+37.52pp
  • 20140.4%-4.07pp
  • 20134.5%+6.82pp
  • 2012-2.4%-6.81pp
  • 20114.4%-2.17pp
  • 20106.6%+3.18pp
  • 20093.4%-1.18pp
  • 20084.6%-0.09pp
  • 20074.7%-2.39pp
  • 20067.1%+2.27pp
  • 20054.8%+1.39pp
  • 20043.4%+1.57pp
  • 20031.8%-2.50pp
  • 20024.3%+2.71pp
  • 20011.6%-0.22pp
  • 20001.9%-4.64pp
  • 19996.5%+2.72pp
  • 19983.8%+2.84pp
  • 19970.9%-1.58pp
  • 19962.5%+5.43pp
  • 1995-2.9%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Darden Restaurants's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Darden Restaurants (DRI)

According to Darden Restaurants's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 12.3%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

As of the 2025 fiscal year, Darden Restaurants (DRI) reported free cash flow margin of 8.57% – contracted 0.1 percentage points year-over-year.

The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 37.91%, reached in 2015; the historical low of -2.92% was recorded in 1995.

Darden Restaurants FCF Margin by Year

Darden Restaurants FCF Margin 2025: 8.6%

In 2025, Darden Restaurants reported free cash flow margin of 8.57%, contracted 0.1 percentage points from 2024.

Darden Restaurants FCF Margin 2024: 8.6%

Darden Restaurants free cash flow margin in 2024 was 8.64%, contracted 0.4 percentage points from 2023.

Darden Restaurants FCF Margin 2023: 9.1%

2023's free cash flow margin for Darden Restaurants came in at 9.08%, expanded 0.2 percentage points from 2022.

Darden Restaurants FCF Margin 2022: 8.9%

Darden Restaurants posted free cash flow margin of 8.90% in 2022, contracted 4.0 percentage points from 2021.

Darden Restaurants FCF Margin 2021: 12.9%

Darden Restaurants free cash flow margin in 2021 was 12.85%.

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