How Darden Restaurants (DRI) Makes Money: A Visual Guide
Darden Restaurants (DRI) generated $12.58B in revenue (TTM through Q4 2025), earning $1.12B in net profit (8.9% margin). Its largest revenue source is Olive Garden (45.3% of revenue). Below is an interactive breakdown of how revenue flows through the income statement.
Darden Restaurants (DRI) Income Statement Flow
Frequently asked questions
How does Darden Restaurants (DRI) make money?
- Darden Restaurants (DRI) primarily makes money through Olive Garden, which accounts for 45.3% of total revenue. For TTM through Q4 2025, Darden Restaurants generated $12.58B in total revenue with a net profit margin of 8.9%.
What is Darden Restaurants (DRI) gross profit margin?
- Darden Restaurants (DRI) reported a gross profit margin of 45.5% for TTM through Q4 2025, equivalent to $5.72B in gross profit. This means Darden Restaurants retains 45.5% of each revenue unit after direct costs of production.
What is Darden Restaurants (DRI) operating profit margin?
- Darden Restaurants (DRI) reported an operating profit margin of 11.6% for TTM through Q4 2025, equivalent to $1.46B in operating profit. This reflects profitability after operating expenses such as R&D, sales, and administration, but before taxes and non-operating items.
What is Darden Restaurants (DRI) net profit margin?
- Darden Restaurants (DRI) reported a net profit margin of 8.9% for TTM through Q4 2025, equivalent to $1.12B in net profit. This is the share of revenue that remains as profit after all expenses, taxes, and non-operating items.
How much does Darden Restaurants (DRI) spend on capital expenditures?
- Darden Restaurants (DRI) spent $688.90M on capital expenditures in TTM through Q4 2025 (5.5% of total revenue). Capital expenditures represent investments in physical assets such as property, equipment, and infrastructure.
What is Darden Restaurants (DRI) free cash flow?
- Darden Restaurants (DRI) generated $1.36B in free cash flow for TTM through Q4 2025 (10.8% of total revenue). Free cash flow is the cash remaining after capital expenditures and represents the company's ability to fund growth, pay dividends, or reduce debt.
What is Darden Restaurants (DRI) effective tax rate?
- Darden Restaurants (DRI) had an effective tax rate of 11.9% for TTM through Q4 2025. This is the actual percentage of pre-tax income paid as income taxes.
About this data
- What is a Sankey diagram?
- A Sankey diagram shows how money flows through a company from revenue to net profit. The width of each flow represents its proportion.
- How is the data calculated?
- We use the income statement from company filings. For TTM (Trailing Twelve Months), we sum the last four quarters. Revenue flows to cost of revenue and gross profit, then to operating expenses (R&D, S&M, G&A) and operating profit.
- When was this data last updated?
- Based on company filings through TTM through Q4 2025.