The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Darden Restaurants, Inc shares valued at $107,032 were purchased by CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMSON on Jul 30 ’25. At $204.65 per share, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMSON acquired 523 shares.
Also, LAURA B WILLIAMSON purchased 1,157 shares, netting a total of over 236,835 in proceeds.
Before that, Kiernan Daniel J. had sold 85 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $17,332, the President, Olive Garden traded Darden Restaurants, Inc shares for $203.91 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 85 shares, worth approximately $49174.399999999994.
As published in their initiating research note from Melius on July 14, 2025, Darden Restaurants, Inc [DRI] has been a Hold and the price target has been revised to $240. Analysts at Oppenheimer resumed the stock at ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid June. As of June 13, 2025, Jefferies has increased its “an Underperform” rating to a “Hold” for DRI. Earlier on January 22, 2025, Bernstein upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for DRI stock which previously was a “a Mkt perform”.
Analyzing DRI Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Darden Restaurants, Inc [NYSE: DRI] rose 0.23% to $203.2. The stock’s lowest price that day was $202.17, but it reached a high of $207.06 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.55%. Over the course of the year, Darden Restaurants, Inc shares have jumped approximately 42.83%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Darden Restaurants, Inc (DRI)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 36.97 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Darden Restaurants, Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Darden Restaurants, Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.75 million shares to 3.76 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 4.51 million shares. A decline of -19.95% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.15 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.15.
Which companies own the most shares of Darden Restaurants, Inc (DRI)?
In terms of Darden Restaurants, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 215 in the next 12 months, up nearly 6.05% from the previous closing price of $202.73. Analysts anticipate Darden Restaurants, Inc stock to reach 220 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 192. In spite of this, 26 analysts ranked Darden Restaurants, Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 05, 2024, Goldman assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $183.
