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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 companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Darden Restaurants currently has a consensus target price of $224.60, suggesting a potential upside of 5.56%. BJ's Restaurants has a consensus target price of $37.20, suggesting a potential downside of 13.73%. 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
Darden Restaurants
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
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 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$12.08B2.06$1.05B$8.8823.96
BJ's Restaurants$1.36B0.70$16.69M$0.9445.87

In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 8 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 4 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat BJ's Restaurants' score of 0.56 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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)
Positive

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%

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

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$24.90B$11.91B$26.43B$20.55B
Dividend Yield2.59%3.67%175.56%3.74%
P/E Ratio23.9639.7229.5428.04
Price / Sales2.062.156.0541.55
Price / Cash15.4718.0047.3222.25
Price / Book10.7711.025.774.61
Net Income$1.05B$400.87M$869.96M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-3.40%-1.45%19.25%3.25%
1 Month Performance-1.57%3.23%3.53%4.36%
1 Year Performance54.17%9.94%33.48%14.94%

Darden Restaurants Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.7364 of 5 stars
$212.78
-0.7%
$224.60
+5.6%
+53.7%$24.90B$12.08B23.96191,105
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
2.6466 of 5 stars
$44.60
-0.2%
$37.20
-16.6%
+23.5%$986.55M$1.36B47.4521,000
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
3.4169 of 5 stars
$8.61
-0.6%
$13.85
+60.9%
-40.7%$731.25M$3.95B-286.9081,000
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
3.9147 of 5 stars
$62.66
+0.7%
$54.63
-12.8%
+71.0%$3.10B$3.58B19.6447,900Analyst Forecast
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
2.9846 of 5 stars
$30.08
-1.2%
$33.83
+12.5%
-15.3%$1.04B$2.11B29.7823,420
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
3.8643 of 5 stars
$187.41
-0.2%
$191.71
+2.3%
+12.0%$12.43B$5.37B28.9295,000Positive News
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.5967 of 5 stars
$7.91
+1.7%
$12.00
+51.7%
-19.1%$1.67B$4.47B12.1798,615Positive News
DIN
Dine Brands Global
1.5518 of 5 stars
$24.36
-0.9%
$26.29
+7.9%
-19.2%$380.75M$812.31M6.753,520News Coverage
EAT
Brinker International
3.6748 of 5 stars
$180.55
+0.3%
$144.75
-19.8%
+156.6%$8.03B$5.13B24.9068,852Positive News
FDX
FedEx
4.8747 of 5 stars
$227.35
-0.7%
$283.00
+24.5%
-19.3%$54.47B$87.93B13.47249,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.4672 of 5 stars
$56.29
+2.3%
$60.71
+7.9%
-2.6%$75.84B$11.31B49.81105,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
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This page (NYSE:DRI) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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