Darden Restaurants (DRI) Competitors $207.03 -1.70 (-0.81%) As of 05/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock DRI vs. CMG, YUM, DPZ, TXRH, EAT, CAKE, WEN, PZZA, CBRL, and BJRIShould you be buying Darden Restaurants stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darden Restaurants include Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Yum! Brands (YUM), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Wendy's (WEN), Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), and BJ's Restaurants (BJRI). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry. Darden Restaurants vs. Chipotle Mexican Grill Yum! Brands Domino's Pizza Texas Roadhouse Brinker International Cheesecake Factory Wendy's Papa Johns International Cracker Barrel Old Country Store BJ's Restaurants Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation. Which has more volatility & risk, DRI or CMG? Darden Restaurants has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate DRI or CMG? Darden Restaurants presently has a consensus price target of $201.38, suggesting a potential downside of 2.73%. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a consensus price target of $61.74, suggesting a potential upside of 20.00%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chipotle Mexican Grill is more favorable than Darden Restaurants.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Darden Restaurants 1 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 17 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.62Chipotle Mexican Grill 0 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 19 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75 Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DRI or CMG? Chipotle Mexican Grill has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Darden Restaurants. Darden Restaurants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chipotle Mexican Grill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDarden Restaurants$11.76B2.06$1.03B$8.8723.34Chipotle Mexican Grill$11.49B6.03$1.53B$1.1345.53 Does the media refer more to DRI or CMG? In the previous week, Chipotle Mexican Grill had 12 more articles in the media than Darden Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill and 23 mentions for Darden Restaurants. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Chipotle Mexican Grill's score of 1.24 indicating that Darden Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Darden Restaurants 18 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Chipotle Mexican Grill 30 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DRI or CMG? Chipotle Mexican Grill received 554 more outperform votes than Darden Restaurants when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.42% of users gave Darden Restaurants an outperform vote while only 60.20% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformDarden RestaurantsOutperform Votes118166.42% Underperform Votes59733.58% Chipotle Mexican GrillOutperform Votes173560.20% Underperform Votes114739.80% Is DRI or CMG more profitable? Chipotle Mexican Grill has a net margin of 13.56% compared to Darden Restaurants' net margin of 9.01%. Darden Restaurants' return on equity of 50.12% beat Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Darden Restaurants9.01% 50.12% 9.30% Chipotle Mexican Grill 13.56%42.92%17.32% Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DRI or CMG? 93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryChipotle Mexican Grill beats Darden Restaurants on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Darden Restaurants News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DRI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart DRI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDarden RestaurantsEating places IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$24.23B$9.02B$25.21B$19.70BDividend Yield2.68%3.77%169.73%3.84%P/E Ratio23.7127.2124.7735.13Price / Sales2.061.923.9834.12Price / Cash15.1319.1719.4117.51Price / Book10.975.706.254.78Net Income$1.03B$318.00M$781.36M$1.02B7 Day Performance0.05%-1.31%0.77%1.62%1 Month Performance4.95%8.89%13.88%13.00%1 Year Performance38.31%-7.18%8.94%5.59% Darden Restaurants Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DRIDarden Restaurants4.3638 of 5 stars$207.03-0.8%$201.38-2.7%+36.2%$24.23B$11.76B23.71179,000News CoveragePositive NewsCMGChipotle Mexican Grill4.1824 of 5 stars$50.69+2.0%$61.74+21.8%-19.0%$68.30B$11.49B45.66105,000Trending NewsYUMYum! Brands4.1643 of 5 stars$146.66-0.3%$156.70+6.8%+6.7%$40.84B$7.74B28.0936,000Trending NewsDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionDPZDomino's Pizza2.7744 of 5 stars$482.11+0.7%$498.50+3.4%-4.5%$16.51B$4.73B29.6111,000Positive NewsTXRHTexas Roadhouse2.8117 of 5 stars$189.96+5.1%$191.62+0.9%+13.6%$12.62B$5.50B29.3682,000High Trading VolumeEATBrinker International3.0919 of 5 stars$145.39+6.1%$141.14-2.9%+132.3%$6.46B$5.13B25.2062,000Positive NewsCAKECheesecake Factory3.7166 of 5 stars$52.53+4.8%$53.60+2.0%+39.1%$2.60B$3.62B16.4247,500Trending NewsAnalyst RevisionGap UpWENWendy's4.901 of 5 stars$12.30+2.5%$16.34+32.9%-32.3%$2.36B$2.24B12.9514,500Gap UpPZZAPapa Johns International4.0233 of 5 stars$41.05+7.3%$51.25+24.8%-17.5%$1.34B$2.06B14.3012,000Gap UpCBRLCracker Barrel Old Country Store3.3852 of 5 stars$51.68+11.4%$57.13+10.5%+16.0%$1.15B$3.51B28.5573,000Positive NewsBJRIBJ's Restaurants2.8087 of 5 stars$41.55+6.3%$37.20-10.5%+16.9%$918.92M$1.37B61.1022,200Positive NewsAnalyst RevisionGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CMG Competitors YUM Competitors DPZ Competitors TXRH Competitors EAT Competitors CAKE Competitors WEN Competitors PZZA Competitors CBRL Competitors BJRI Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:DRI) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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