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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

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

93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

Darden Restaurants currently has a consensus price target of $225.19, indicating a potential upside of 7.52%. BJ's Restaurants has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.09%. Given Darden Restaurants' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Darden Restaurants is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Darden Restaurants
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59
BJ's Restaurants
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86

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
Darden Restaurants8.69% 51.81% 9.23%
BJ's Restaurants 1.64%10.35%3.75%

In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 15 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 5 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat BJ's Restaurants' score of 0.96 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
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BJ's Restaurants
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Darden Restaurants$12.08B2.03$1.05B$8.8823.59
BJ's Restaurants$1.36B0.65$16.69M$0.9442.60

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DRI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$24.24B$11.72B$26.44B$20.85B
Dividend Yield2.90%3.79%177.11%3.65%
P/E Ratio23.5934.3027.7626.34
Price / Sales2.032.126.0659.22
Price / Cash14.7217.4148.2622.29
Price / Book10.6110.285.654.66
Net Income$1.05B$400.87M$876.41M$994.58M
7 Day Performance0.06%-1.90%-0.68%-0.29%
1 Month Performance-5.97%1.40%6.88%4.91%
1 Year Performance46.59%2.84%22.45%10.53%

Darden Restaurants Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.711 of 5 stars
$209.45
+1.1%
$225.19
+7.5%
+40.6%$24.24B$12.08B23.59191,105Positive News
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
2.3265 of 5 stars
$44.53
-3.4%
$37.20
-16.5%
+4.5%$985.00M$1.36B47.3721,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
3.5121 of 5 stars
$9.53
-6.2%
$13.85
+45.3%
-52.2%$809.38M$3.95B-317.5681,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
3.9665 of 5 stars
$63.53
-3.3%
$54.63
-14.0%
+55.4%$3.15B$3.62B19.9247,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
3.7975 of 5 stars
$32.74
-5.2%
$33.83
+3.3%
-25.7%$1.13B$2.13B32.4223,420
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
4.2184 of 5 stars
$185.99
-1.8%
$192.05
+3.3%
+6.4%$12.34B$5.37B28.7095,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.3807 of 5 stars
$7.70
-2.0%
$8.80
+14.3%
-24.3%$1.62B$4.47B11.8598,615
DIN
Dine Brands Global
3.1329 of 5 stars
$25.37
-4.5%
$26.29
+3.6%
-37.3%$396.53M$812.31M7.033,520Analyst Forecast
EAT
Brinker International
4.0358 of 5 stars
$173.49
-5.1%
$144.75
-16.6%
+148.8%$7.71B$4.42B23.9368,852Trending News
Analyst Forecast
FDX
FedEx
4.769 of 5 stars
$235.13
-2.5%
$282.46
+20.1%
-26.4%$56.34B$87.93B13.93430,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.7359 of 5 stars
$55.48
-2.8%
$60.93
+9.8%
-3.2%$74.75B$11.49B49.10130,504Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:DRI) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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