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How Darden Restaurants, Inc. stacks up
DRI · against 102 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
89/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #37 of 103 · scores higher than 64% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score18 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including DRI · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 89?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, return on assets and operating margin, which are stronger than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 74% of peers. Operating margin: 11.7% vs peer median 6.4%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 88% of peers. Return on assets: 8.9% vs peer median 3.3%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 90% of peers. Return on invested capital: 27.7% vs peer median 7.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = DRI, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | DRI | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 99 reported | 27.7% | 15.5% | 72% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 105 reported | 11.7% | 11.4% | 52% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 96 reported | 8.9% | 6.9% | 67% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 93 reported | 55.4% | 18.1% | 91% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 105 reported | 21.7% | 36.7% | 24% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DRI| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 880.5B TWD (≈$27.3B) | 99 | 75 | |
| 1 | 184.4B HKD (≈$23.6B) | 99 | 91 | |
| 1 | 24.9B USD | 99 | 49 | |
| 1 | 24.1B USD | 99 | 63 | |
| 1 | 29.9B USD | 99 | 49 | |
| 32 | 19.7B USD | 91 | 62 | |
| 32 | 12.2B EUR (≈$13.4B) | 91 | 60 | |
| 35 | 24.8B USD | 90 | 64 | |
| 35 | 26.1B USD | 90 | 81 | |
| 37 | 24.8B USD | 89 | 54 | |
| 37 | 271.2B MXN (≈$14.6B) | 89 | 70 | |
| 39 | 24.2B USD | 87 | 66 | |
| 40 | 34.0B USD | 86 | 52 | |
| 40 | 1.62T INR (≈$19.4B) | 86 | 65 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score