Darden Restaurants (DRI) Competitors $200.80 +1.98 (+1.00%) As of 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock DRI vs. SBUX, CMG, YUM, DPZ, TXRH, EAT, WEN, CAKE, PZZA, and CBRLShould you be buying Darden Restaurants stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darden Restaurants include Starbucks (SBUX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Yum! Brands (YUM), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Brinker International (EAT), Wendy's (WEN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Papa Johns International (PZZA), and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry. Darden Restaurants vs. Starbucks Chipotle Mexican Grill Yum! Brands Domino's Pizza Texas Roadhouse Brinker International Wendy's Cheesecake Factory Papa Johns International Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) and Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership. Does the MarketBeat Community favor DRI or SBUX? Starbucks received 939 more outperform votes than Darden Restaurants when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.23% of users gave Starbucks an outperform vote while only 66.42% of users gave Darden Restaurants an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformDarden RestaurantsOutperform Votes118166.42% Underperform Votes59733.58% StarbucksOutperform Votes212076.23% Underperform Votes66123.77% Is DRI or SBUX a better dividend stock? Darden Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Starbucks pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Darden Restaurants pays out 63.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Starbucks pays out 78.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Starbucks has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Starbucks is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Which has more volatility and risk, DRI or SBUX? Darden Restaurants has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Starbucks has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals believe in DRI or SBUX? 93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Starbucks shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Starbucks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is DRI or SBUX more profitable? Starbucks has a net margin of 9.73% compared to Darden Restaurants' net margin of 9.01%. Darden Restaurants' return on equity of 50.12% beat Starbucks' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Darden Restaurants9.01% 50.12% 9.30% Starbucks 9.73%-44.97%11.47% Which has higher valuation and earnings, DRI or SBUX? Starbucks has higher revenue and earnings than Darden Restaurants. Darden Restaurants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Starbucks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDarden Restaurants$11.76B1.98$1.03B$8.8722.45Starbucks$36.15B2.50$3.76B$3.1025.69 Do analysts recommend DRI or SBUX? Darden Restaurants presently has a consensus target price of $201.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1.12%. Starbucks has a consensus target price of $99.23, suggesting a potential upside of 24.61%. Given Starbucks' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Starbucks 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) 2.62Starbucks 2 Sell rating(s) 11 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.48 Does the media prefer DRI or SBUX? In the previous week, Starbucks had 114 more articles in the media than Darden Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 129 mentions for Starbucks and 15 mentions for Darden Restaurants. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Starbucks' score of 0.49 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 14 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Starbucks 53 Very Positive mention(s) 12 Positive mention(s) 24 Neutral mention(s) 26 Negative mention(s) 5 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryStarbucks beats Darden Restaurants on 13 of the 21 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$23.31B$8.92B$23.55B$18.80BDividend Yield2.81%4.46%170.05%4.04%P/E Ratio22.8126.3722.2032.45Price / Sales1.981.874.2327.66Price / Cash15.1319.1719.4117.53Price / Book10.555.295.704.44Net Income$1.03B$318.00M$781.29M$1.02B7 Day Performance-1.31%1.51%1.01%1.55%1 Month Performance-2.80%-4.80%-3.29%-3.52%1 Year Performance29.82%-9.37%2.09%4.78% Darden Restaurants Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DRIDarden Restaurants3.7429 of 5 stars$200.80+1.0%$201.38+0.3%+27.8%$23.50B$11.76B23.00179,000Short Interest ↑Positive NewsSBUXStarbucks4.5895 of 5 stars$80.68-1.0%$104.79+29.9%-3.9%$91.64B$36.15B26.03402,000Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageGap DownCMGChipotle Mexican Grill4.0522 of 5 stars$46.51-3.4%$65.21+40.2%-21.0%$63.04B$11.31B41.89105,000Earnings ReportAnalyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionYUMYum! Brands4.0239 of 5 stars$140.67-1.8%$152.71+8.6%+3.1%$39.26B$7.55B26.9536,000Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsDPZDomino's Pizza2.5351 of 5 stars$468.27+0.3%$496.88+6.1%-6.4%$16.06B$4.71B28.7611,000Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageTXRHTexas Roadhouse3.7325 of 5 stars$159.52-1.5%$194.81+22.1%+3.4%$10.60B$5.37B24.6682,000Positive NewsEATBrinker International3.5646 of 5 stars$150.00-2.2%$144.47-3.7%+175.8%$6.66B$4.83B26.0062,000Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeNews CoverageGap DownWENWendy's4.6644 of 5 stars$12.59-0.7%$17.97+42.7%-37.3%$2.47B$2.25B13.2514,500Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑CAKECheesecake Factory3.6913 of 5 stars$48.86+2.1%$52.75+8.0%+42.9%$2.42B$3.58B15.2747,500Earnings ReportPZZAPapa Johns International4.089 of 5 stars$30.88-0.9%$53.00+71.6%-46.2%$1.01B$2.06B10.7612,000CBRLCracker Barrel Old Country Store4.6433 of 5 stars$44.47+2.1%$57.13+28.5%-29.2%$990.04M$3.51B24.5773,000Insider TradeShort Interest ↓Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies SBUX Competitors CMG Competitors YUM Competitors DPZ Competitors TXRH Competitors EAT Competitors WEN Competitors CAKE Competitors PZZA Competitors CBRL 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 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners"I'm risking my reputation on this"I've discovered something so significant about the 2025 crypto market that I had to put everything else aside ...Crypto 101 Media | SponsoredMusk’s AI Masterplan – Our #1 AI Stock to Buy NowDid Elon Musk just set the stage for the next AI stock explosion? 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