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Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Auto workers still have room to expand their strike against car makers. But they also face risks
At UN, African leaders say enough is enough: They must be partnered with, not sidelined
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DOW   33,963.84
QQQ   357.91
3 Reasons This Sleeping Giant Is About To Wake Up
U.S. Loses to China in Shocking WAR GAMES (Ad)
MarketBeat Week in Review – 9/18 - 9/22
The federal government is headed into a shutdown. What does it mean, who's hit and what's next?
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project
MILAN FASHION PHOTOS: Naomi Campbell stuns at Dolce&Gabbana in collection highlighting lingerie
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Auto workers still have room to expand their strike against car makers. But they also face risks
At UN, African leaders say enough is enough: They must be partnered with, not sidelined
S&P 500   4,320.06
DOW   33,963.84
QQQ   357.91
3 Reasons This Sleeping Giant Is About To Wake Up
U.S. Loses to China in Shocking WAR GAMES (Ad)
MarketBeat Week in Review – 9/18 - 9/22
The federal government is headed into a shutdown. What does it mean, who's hit and what's next?
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project
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NYSE:DRI

Darden Restaurants (DRI) Competitors

$143.50
-1.99 (-1.37%)
(As of 09/22/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$143.37
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$145.84
50-Day Range
$143.50
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$172.18
52-Week Range
$120.20
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$173.06
Volume
1.63 million shs
Average Volume
1.12 million shs
Market Capitalization
$17.34 billion
P/E Ratio
17.87
Dividend Yield
3.65%
Price Target
$169.27
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DRI vs. TXRH, YUM, CMG, QSR, YUMC, WING, WBA, BLDR, ULTA, and BBY

Should you be buying Darden Restaurants stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darden Restaurants include Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Yum! Brands (YUM), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Yum China (YUMC), Wingstop (WING), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), and Best Buy (BBY).

Darden Restaurants vs.

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) and Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ:TXRH) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 62 more articles in the media than Texas Roadhouse. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 2 mentions for Texas Roadhouse. Texas Roadhouse's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Darden Restaurants' score of 0.35 indicating that Texas Roadhouse is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Darden Restaurants
8 Very Positive mention(s)
13 Positive mention(s)
22 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Texas Roadhouse
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Darden Restaurants has a net margin of 9.13% compared to Texas Roadhouse's net margin of 6.69%. Darden Restaurants' return on equity of 47.87% beat Texas Roadhouse's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Darden Restaurants9.13% 47.87% 9.68%
Texas Roadhouse 6.69%27.77%11.77%

Darden Restaurants has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Roadhouse has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Darden Restaurants received 546 more outperform votes than Texas Roadhouse when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.28% of users gave Darden Restaurants an outperform vote while only 53.91% of users gave Texas Roadhouse an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Darden RestaurantsOutperform Votes
1097
66.28%
Underperform Votes
558
33.72%
Texas RoadhouseOutperform Votes
551
53.91%
Underperform Votes
471
46.09%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Darden Restaurants$10.49B1.65$981.90M$8.0317.87
Texas Roadhouse$4.01B1.59$269.82M$4.3222.13

94.5% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Texas Roadhouse shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Texas Roadhouse shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Darden Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $5.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Texas Roadhouse pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Darden Restaurants pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Roadhouse pays out 50.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Darden Restaurants currently has a consensus price target of $169.27, indicating a potential upside of 17.96%. Texas Roadhouse has a consensus price target of $118.45, indicating a potential upside of 23.88%. Given Texas Roadhouse's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Texas Roadhouse is more favorable than Darden Restaurants.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Darden Restaurants
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74
Texas Roadhouse
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

Summary

Darden Restaurants beats Texas Roadhouse on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DRI vs. The Competition

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MetricDarden RestaurantsRestaurants IndustryCyclical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.34B$2.54B$2.60B$15.29B
Dividend Yield3.60%4.85%4.26%3.68%
P/E Ratio17.87931.14365.8021.56
Price / Sales1.6546.80374.5812.86
Price / Cash12.8532.5824.9517.12
Price / Book8.083.202.416.55
Net Income$981.90M$102.28M$157.95M$900.93M
7 Day Performance-4.37%-0.90%-1.04%-2.91%
1 Month Performance-8.16%-1.45%-1.53%-3.40%
1 Year Performance17.25%5.56%8.53%8.47%

Darden Restaurants Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
3.0907 of 5 stars		$100.00
-0.2%		$118.45
+18.5%		+10.6%$6.68B$4.01B23.1582,000News Coverage
Positive News
YUM
Yum! Brands
2.9255 of 5 stars		$126.77
-0.6%		$149.11
+17.6%		+12.8%$35.52B$6.84B25.6636,000Analyst Report
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
2.5139 of 5 stars		$1,924.67
-0.7%		$2,144.71
+11.4%		+18.1%$53.10B$8.63B48.07104,958Analyst Report
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
2.0573 of 5 stars		$68.54
-1.9%		$79.23
+15.6%		+20.2%$21.41B$6.51B20.836,400Ex-Dividend
Analyst Report
High Trading Volume
YUMC
Yum China
2.7772 of 5 stars		$56.70
-0.9%		$79.20
+39.7%		+20.7%$23.59B$9.57B32.03406,000Analyst Report
News Coverage
WING
Wingstop
2.5241 of 5 stars		$173.74
-0.1%		$193.45
+11.3%		+32.9%$5.21B$357.52M82.731,031Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
WBA
Walgreens Boots Alliance
2.8009 of 5 stars		$22.03
-0.7%		$36.23
+64.5%		-36.6%$19.02B$132.70B-5.74325,000Analyst Downgrade
BLDR
Builders FirstSource
2.3308 of 5 stars		$129.99
+0.7%		$149.69
+15.2%		+119.7%$16.25B$22.73B10.0729,000
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
3.0488 of 5 stars		$411.78
+1.0%		$545.13
+32.4%		-0.7%$20.27B$10.21B16.5253,000Positive News
BBY
Best Buy
3.0265 of 5 stars		$71.44
+1.1%		$80.67
+12.9%		+1.0%$15.55B$46.30B12.3090,000Insider Selling
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