DRI
StockDarden Restaurants, Inc.
One email when a drop — in price or in valuation — is historically rare for DRI. Otherwise we stay quiet.
Bigger than its usual dip. Not yet rare.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. is 11.5% off its high — deeper than its 5.7% average pullback, but it has been through 223 drawdowns before. Not historically significant yet — we'll say so if that changes.
But down is not the same as cheap: Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s P/S Severity Score is 0.0 — its valuation sits in or above its typical range.
Moderately Elevated
Current Drawdown
-11.5%
Days in Drawdown
39
Avg Max Drawdown
5.7%
Avg Length
48
Drawdown Severity Score™
2.2
DRI - Price & High Water Mark
DRI - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of October 6, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within DRI's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
Darden Restaurants, Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 75% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
Darden Restaurants, Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 68% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
Darden Restaurants, Inc. is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-10-07, the stock is trading at $201.47, which represents a 11.5% decline from its all-time high of $227.62. This drawdown has persisted for 39 days.
Based on its full tracked price history, Darden Restaurants, Inc. typically experiences drawdowns averaging 5.7% in depth, with an average duration of 48 days. Darden Restaurants, Inc. has gone through 223 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for Darden Restaurants, Inc. was 72.8%, beginning in 2019. The longest drawdown duration on record was 1049 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for Darden Restaurants, Inc. currently stands at 2.18. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score between 2.0 and 3.0 indicates a moderately elevated drawdown that's starting to exceed this asset's normal range.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 223 tracked pullbacks (66 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-29 | Ongoing | 39 days | -11.5% | $227.62 | $201.47 | n/a |
| 2025-06-18 | 2025-06-20 | 3 days | -0.9% | $221.42 | $219.42 | $222.41 |
| 2025-06-10 | 2025-06-16 | 7 days | -1.6% | $216.42 | $212.97 | $221.40 |
| 2025-06-04 | 2025-06-06 | 3 days | -1.0% | $213.97 | $211.85 | $214.28 |
| 2025-05-28 | 2025-05-30 | 3 days | -0.2% | $210.85 | $210.52 | $211.01 |
| 2025-05-19 | 2025-05-27 | 9 days | -4.0% | $208.49 | $200.11 | $210.85 |
| 2025-04-03 | 2025-05-15 | 43 days | -11.0% | $204.97 | $182.48 | $205.88 |
| 2025-03-25 | 2025-04-01 | 8 days | -1.6% | $203.98 | $200.63 | $204.94 |
| 2025-03-03 | 2025-03-24 | 21 days | -9.6% | $196.06 | $177.15 | $203.98 |
| 2025-02-07 | 2025-02-28 | 22 days | -4.6% | $196.03 | $186.99 | $196.06 |
| 2025-01-31 | 2025-02-03 | 4 days | -0.5% | $191.88 | $190.95 | $194.31 |
| 2025-01-28 | 2025-01-29 | 2 days | -0.1% | $188.39 | $188.18 | $189.55 |
| 2024-12-27 | 2025-01-24 | 29 days | -3.8% | $183.11 | $176.07 | $183.49 |
| 2024-12-23 | 2024-12-26 | 4 days | -1.5% | $182.07 | $179.36 | $183.11 |
| 2024-12-02 | 2024-12-19 | 18 days | -9.3% | $171.09 | $155.17 | $178.05 |
| 2024-11-26 | 2024-11-29 | 4 days | -0.8% | $170.07 | $168.74 | $171.09 |
| 2024-09-24 | 2024-11-25 | 63 days | -8.9% | $166.18 | $151.34 | $170.07 |
| 2024-03-07 | 2024-09-23 | 200 days | -20.1% | $166.13 | $132.82 | $166.18 |
| 2024-02-27 | 2024-02-28 | 2 days | -0.0% | $160.13 | $160.13 | $160.99 |
| 2023-07-21 | 2024-02-23 | 218 days | -21.4% | $159.83 | $125.56 | $160.11 |
| 2023-07-14 | 2023-07-17 | 4 days | -0.6% | $156.38 | $155.43 | $157.11 |
| 2023-06-15 | 2023-07-11 | 27 days | -3.8% | $154.37 | $148.54 | $154.61 |
| 2023-06-08 | 2023-06-12 | 5 days | -1.5% | $151.39 | $149.10 | $151.93 |
| 2023-06-05 | 2023-06-07 | 3 days | -1.8% | $151.06 | $148.30 | $151.39 |
| 2023-05-19 | 2023-06-02 | 15 days | -2.2% | $149.31 | $145.98 | $151.06 |
| 2023-04-03 | 2023-05-17 | 45 days | -4.9% | $141.75 | $134.87 | $146.13 |
| 2023-03-30 | 2023-03-31 | 2 days | -0.5% | $141.30 | $140.58 | $141.75 |
| 2023-03-22 | 2023-03-24 | 3 days | -1.3% | $139.26 | $137.51 | $139.40 |
| 2021-09-28 | 2023-03-21 | 540 days | -28.4% | $138.75 | $99.37 | $139.26 |
| 2021-09-24 | 2021-09-27 | 4 days | -0.5% | $138.48 | $137.79 | $138.75 |
| 2021-08-30 | 2021-09-23 | 25 days | -4.3% | $132.91 | $127.20 | $138.48 |
| 2021-07-30 | 2021-08-27 | 29 days | -9.0% | $130.43 | $118.74 | $132.91 |
| 2021-07-13 | 2021-07-29 | 17 days | -10.1% | $130.19 | $117.05 | $130.43 |
| 2021-07-07 | 2021-07-09 | 3 days | -2.6% | $128.31 | $124.98 | $129.00 |
| 2021-07-02 | 2021-07-06 | 5 days | -0.0% | $127.69 | $127.66 | $128.31 |
| 2021-03-29 | 2021-07-01 | 95 days | -12.1% | $127.62 | $112.12 | $127.69 |
| 2021-03-16 | 2021-03-26 | 11 days | -8.4% | $125.27 | $114.73 | $127.62 |
| 2021-03-09 | 2021-03-12 | 4 days | -2.6% | $122.52 | $119.34 | $124.56 |
| 2021-03-02 | 2021-03-05 | 4 days | -1.7% | $119.09 | $117.05 | $120.49 |
| 2021-02-25 | 2021-03-01 | 5 days | -2.0% | $118.88 | $116.50 | $119.09 |
| 2021-02-23 | 2021-02-24 | 2 days | -0.5% | $115.64 | $115.05 | $118.88 |
| 2021-02-08 | 2021-02-19 | 12 days | -2.8% | $113.06 | $109.88 | $114.79 |
| 2021-01-13 | 2021-02-04 | 23 days | -12.0% | $109.07 | $96.03 | $110.24 |
| 2019-09-10 | 2021-01-11 | 490 days | -72.8% | $106.95 | $29.09 | $107.30 |
| 2019-07-30 | 2019-09-09 | 42 days | -9.2% | $106.15 | $96.34 | $106.95 |
| 2019-07-23 | 2019-07-26 | 4 days | -1.5% | $105.18 | $103.61 | $105.60 |
| 2019-07-16 | 2019-07-22 | 7 days | -2.6% | $105.15 | $102.46 | $105.18 |
| 2019-07-09 | 2019-07-12 | 4 days | -2.1% | $104.04 | $101.86 | $104.59 |
| 2019-05-22 | 2019-07-08 | 48 days | -7.1% | $103.87 | $96.51 | $104.04 |
| 2019-05-13 | 2019-05-20 | 8 days | -2.3% | $101.35 | $99.02 | $102.32 |
| 2019-04-29 | 2019-05-10 | 12 days | -5.0% | $101.24 | $96.17 | $101.35 |
| 2018-09-12 | 2019-03-25 | 195 days | -18.4% | $97.37 | $79.43 | $98.20 |
| 2015-08-06 | 2016-03-09 | 217 days | -18.8% | $49.83 | $40.46 | $50.61 |
| 2013-12-31 | 2014-11-04 | 309 days | -16.9% | $33.78 | $28.06 | $34.19 |
| 2012-09-24 | 2013-12-23 | 456 days | -21.6% | $33.66 | $26.38 | $33.71 |
| 2011-07-08 | 2012-03-13 | 250 days | -22.6% | $30.38 | $23.53 | $30.42 |
| 2010-04-26 | 2010-11-05 | 194 days | -22.7% | $26.56 | $20.52 | $26.72 |
| 2007-06-19 | 2010-03-22 | 1008 days | -70.2% | $23.82 | $7.09 | $23.95 |
| 2006-02-27 | 2006-09-21 | 206 days | -21.7% | $21.40 | $16.75 | $21.51 |
| 2005-08-02 | 2005-11-18 | 109 days | -17.3% | $17.31 | $14.32 | $17.70 |
| 2002-03-07 | 2005-01-18 | 1049 days | -42.6% | $14.42 | $8.28 | $14.61 |
| 2001-07-18 | 2001-10-31 | 106 days | -24.9% | $10.47 | $7.86 | $10.49 |
| 2000-12-05 | 2001-04-25 | 141 days | -26.0% | $8.70 | $6.44 | $8.81 |
| 1999-05-04 | 2000-11-03 | 550 days | -45.9% | $7.55 | $4.09 | $7.82 |
| 1998-07-13 | 1998-12-09 | 150 days | -20.0% | $5.80 | $4.64 | $5.84 |
| 1998-04-16 | 1998-07-10 | 86 days | -17.3% | $5.72 | $4.73 | $5.80 |
| 1996-04-22 | 1998-03-09 | 687 days | -50.2% | $4.42 | $2.20 | $4.48 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) is trading at $201.47 as of Oct 7, 2026. It is 11.5% below its high of $227.62. The drawdown has lasted 39 days. Severity score: 2.2 (Moderately Elevated).
DRI Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$201.47
High-water mark
$227.62
Current drawdown
-11.5%
Days in drawdown
39
This DRI page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior Darden Restaurants, Inc. drawdowns.
What History Says About DRI
Darden Restaurants, Inc. has dropped 25%+ from its high 7 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 638 days with an average max drop of -48.0%.
The current drawdown of -11.5% has lasted 39 days, which is within the typical range for comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2019 to Jan 2021 | -72.8% | 490 days |
| Jun 2007 to Mar 2010 | -70.2% | 1008 days |
| Apr 1996 to Mar 1998 | -50.2% | 687 days |
| May 1999 to Nov 2000 | -45.9% | 550 days |
| Mar 2002 to Jan 2005 | -42.6% | 1049 days |
| Sep 2021 to Mar 2023 | -28.4% | 540 days |
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