Darden Restaurants, Inc’s recently made public that its Director ATKINS M SHAN unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.22 million on Jul 01 ’25. In the deal valued at $220.33 per share,1,014 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, ATKINS M SHAN now holds 0 shares worth roughly $0.0.
Then, Broad Matthew R sold 6,949 shares, generating $1,514,916 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $218.00, the SVP General Counsel now owns 14,367 shares.
Before that, Broad Matthew R sold 733 shares. Darden Restaurants, Inc shares valued at $160,159 were divested by the SVP General Counsel at a price of $218.50 per share. As a result of the transaction, Broad Matthew R now holds 14,367 shares, worth roughly $3.01 million.
Oppenheimer reiterated its Darden Restaurants, Inc [DRI] rating to an Outperform in a research note published on June 18, 2025; the price target was $250. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Jefferies’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid June from “an Underperform” to “a Hold”. Bernstein also remained covering DRI and has increased its forecast on January 22, 2025 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Mkt perform” rating. Goldman started covering the stock on December 05, 2024. It rated DRI as “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of DRI
On Friday, Darden Restaurants, Inc [NYSE:DRI] saw its stock fall -1.66% to $209.34. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -4.96%. Darden Restaurants, Inc shares have risen nearly 49.22% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 12.13% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $228.27 was reached on 06/20/25, a 52-week low of $135.87 was recorded on 01/13/25.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For DRI Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 207.42, which if violated will result in even more drops to 205.50. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 211.84. A further resistance level may holdings at 214.35.
How much short interest is there in Darden Restaurants, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Darden Restaurants, Inc stocks on 2025-06-13, dropping by -0.9 million shares to a total of 4.51 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-05-15 was 5.4 million shares. There was a decline of -19.95%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
