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DRI vs. BJRI, BLMN, CAKE, PLAY, TXRH, ARCO, DIN, EAT, FDX, and CMG

Should you be buying Darden Restaurants stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darden Restaurants include BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Brinker International (EAT), FedEx (FDX), and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG).

Darden Restaurants vs. Its Competitors

BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) and Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

BJ's Restaurants presently has a consensus price target of $37.20, suggesting a potential downside of 11.84%. Darden Restaurants has a consensus price target of $224.60, suggesting a potential upside of 3.85%. Given Darden Restaurants' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Darden Restaurants is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BJ's Restaurants
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86
Darden Restaurants
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

Darden Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than BJ's Restaurants. Darden Restaurants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ's Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BJ's Restaurants$1.36B0.69$16.69M$0.9444.89
Darden Restaurants$12.08B2.10$1.05B$8.8824.36

In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 13 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 4 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat BJ's Restaurants' score of 0.37 indicating that Darden Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BJ's Restaurants
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Darden Restaurants
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darden Restaurants has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Darden Restaurants has a net margin of 8.69% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.64%. Darden Restaurants' return on equity of 51.81% beat BJ's Restaurants' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BJ's Restaurants1.64% 10.35% 3.75%
Darden Restaurants 8.69%51.81%9.23%

100.0% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Darden Restaurants beats BJ's Restaurants on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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DRI vs. The Competition

MetricDarden RestaurantsRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.31B$11.78B$26.29B$20.45B
Dividend Yield2.59%3.75%175.57%3.78%
P/E Ratio24.3639.4829.0327.83
Price / Sales2.102.145.3941.03
Price / Cash15.3517.8747.2722.26
Price / Book10.9511.185.764.58
Net Income$1.05B$400.87M$869.96M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-1.42%-1.21%0.61%0.60%
1 Month Performance-1.60%1.83%2.59%3.78%
1 Year Performance54.13%9.06%30.12%14.54%

Darden Restaurants Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.7338 of 5 stars
$216.28
-0.6%
$224.60
+3.8%
+50.3%$25.31B$12.08B24.36191,105
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
2.6009 of 5 stars
$44.60
-0.2%
$37.20
-16.6%
+21.9%$986.55M$1.36B47.4521,000
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
3.2453 of 5 stars
$8.61
-0.6%
$13.85
+60.9%
-44.4%$731.25M$3.95B-286.9081,000
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
3.9347 of 5 stars
$62.66
+0.7%
$54.63
-12.8%
+66.5%$3.10B$3.58B19.6447,900
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
3.242 of 5 stars
$30.08
-1.2%
$33.83
+12.5%
-16.6%$1.04B$2.11B29.7823,420
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
3.7288 of 5 stars
$187.41
-0.2%
$191.71
+2.3%
+9.7%$12.43B$5.37B28.9295,000
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.6663 of 5 stars
$7.91
+1.7%
$12.00
+51.7%
-17.1%$1.67B$4.47B12.1798,615Positive News
DIN
Dine Brands Global
1.5396 of 5 stars
$24.36
-0.9%
$26.29
+7.9%
-19.7%$380.75M$812.31M6.753,520
EAT
Brinker International
4.1679 of 5 stars
$180.55
+0.3%
$144.75
-19.8%
+144.4%$8.03B$5.13B24.9068,852Positive News
FDX
FedEx
4.8347 of 5 stars
$227.35
-0.7%
$283.00
+24.5%
-19.2%$54.47B$87.93B13.47249,000Insider Trade
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.7269 of 5 stars
$56.29
+2.3%
$60.71
+7.9%
-6.8%$75.84B$11.31B49.81105,000Trending News
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This page (NYSE:DRI) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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