Darden Restaurants, Inc’s filing revealed that its President, LongHorn Steakhouse Williamson Laura B unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.24 million on Jul 30 ’25. In the deal valued at $204.70 per share,1,157 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Williamson Laura B now holds 10,632 shares worth roughly $2.16 million.
Then, Williamson Laura B sold 523 shares, generating $107,032 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $204.65, the President, LongHorn Steakhouse now owns 5,423 shares.
Before that, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMSON bought 523 shares. Darden Restaurants, Inc shares valued at $107,032 were divested by the Officer at a price of $204.65 per share.
Melius initiated its Darden Restaurants, Inc [DRI] rating to a Hold in a research note published on July 14, 2025; the price target was $240. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Oppenheimer’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in mid June has reiterated a ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating for it. Jefferies also remained covering DRI and has increased its forecast on June 13, 2025 with a “Hold” recommendation from previously “an Underperform” rating. Bernstein revised its rating on January 22, 2025. It rated DRI as “an Outperform” which previously was an “a Mkt perform”.
Price Performance Review of DRI
On Friday, Darden Restaurants, Inc [NYSE:DRI] saw its stock jump 0.90% to $203.49. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -0.48%. Darden Restaurants, Inc shares have risen nearly 37.36% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 9.00% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Darden Restaurants, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Darden Restaurants, Inc stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.75 million shares to a total of 3.76 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 4.51 million shares. There was a decline of -19.95%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on December 05, 2024 when Goldman began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Neutral”‘ rating along with a $183 price target.
