Stifel Nicolaus Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Darden Restaurants (DRI)

In a report released today, Chris O`Cull from Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a Buy rating on Darden Restaurants, with a price target of $230.00.

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O`Cull covers the Consumer Cyclical sector, focusing on stocks such as Domino’s Pizza, Restaurant Brands International, and Wingstop. According to TipRanks, O`Cull has an average return of 9.3% and a 51.99% success rate on recommended stocks.

In addition to Stifel Nicolaus, Darden Restaurants also received a Buy from TipRanks – OpenAI’s OpenAI Restaurants in a report issued today. However, on the same day, TD Cowen maintained a Hold rating on Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI).

Based on Darden Restaurants’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending February 22, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $3.35 billion and a net profit of $306.8 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $3.16 billion and had a net profit of $323.4 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 63 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of DRI in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in January 2026, Charles Sonsteby, a Director at DRI sold 3,123.00 shares for a total of $641,183.13.