Citi Sticks to Their Buy Rating for Darden Restaurants (DRI)
In a report released today, Jon Tower from Citi maintained a Buy rating on Darden Restaurants, with a price target of $238.00.
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Tower covers the Consumer Cyclical sector, focusing on stocks such as Yum! Brands, Restaurant Brands International, and Jack In The Box. According to TipRanks, Tower has an average return of 11.7% and a 58.75% success rate on recommended stocks.
In addition to Citi, Darden Restaurants also received a Buy from KeyBanc’s Eric Gonzalez in a report issued today. However, on the same day, Wells Fargo 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.
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