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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Dividend

$212.40 NYSE: DRI Market Cap $24.03B

Metric	Value
Dividend Yield	3.32%
Indicated Annual Dividend	$7.05
Payout Ratio	62.91%
FCF Yield	4.73%
Current Price	$212.40

Dividend Analysis

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) currently pays a dividend yielding 3.32%, an indicated annual rate of roughly $7.05 per share. The payout ratio is 62.91%, within the 40-75% range common among established dividend payers. Free cash flow yield is 4.73%. FCF yield compares the cash a company generates with its market value and can be read alongside the earnings-based payout ratio.

Darden Restaurants, Inc. pays quarterly; the payout ratio is 62.9% of earnings; free cash flow yield of 4.73% covers the 3.32% dividend yield.

Payment schedule

Measure	Value
Indicated annual dividendYield times the current share price.	$7.05
Dividend yieldAnnual dividend as a percentage of the share price.	3.32%
Payments per yearThis stock pays quarterly.	4
Amount per paymentIndicated annual dividend divided by the number of payments.	$1.76

Dividend income by amount invested

At today's price and the current indicated dividend. Shares are not rounded to whole numbers, and a future dividend is never guaranteed.

Invested	Shares	Income per year	Per payment
$1,000	4.7	$33.20	$8.30
$5,000	23.5	$166.00	$41.50
$10,000	47.1	$332.00	$83.00
$25,000	117.7	$830.00	$207.50
$50,000	235.4	$1660.00	$415.00

Yield across the 52-week range

Yield moves opposite the share price. Holding the current dividend constant, this is what the yield would have been at each end of the last year's range.

Share price	Price	Yield
At the 52-week high	$229.76	3.07%
Today	$212.40	3.32%
At the 52-week low	$169.00	4.17%

Dividend yield against peers

Darden Restaurants, Inc. ranks 2 of 6 by dividend yield among these companies; 1 yields more.

Company	Yield	P/E	Price
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (BLMN)	7.08%	26.50	$9.20
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI)	3.32%	18.95	$212.40
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL)	1.79%	39.06	$67.66
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE)	1.09%	28.63	$108.37
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (BJRI)	0.00%	31.74	$56.51
CAVA Group, Inc. (CAVA)	0.00%	90.11	$53.48