Darden Restaurants vs Starbucks
Starbucks is the larger business, with $37.18bn of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $13.21bn for Darden Restaurants (2.8 times as much). Darden Restaurants grew faster (9.4% against 2.8%). Darden Restaurants kept more of each dollar of sales as profit: a net margin of 9.1% against 5.0%.
| Latest fiscal year | Darden RestaurantsDRI, 2026 | StarbucksSBUX, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13.21bn | $37.18bn |
| Revenue growth | 9.4% | 2.8% |
| Net income | $1.21bn | $1.86bn |
| Operating margin | 12.0% | 7.9% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 5.0% |
| Return on equity | 53.4% | — |
| Free cash flow | $1.12bn | $2.44bn |
| Cash | $220m | $3.22bn |
| Total debt | $2.33bn | $16.20bn |
| Debt to equity | 105.6% | — |
| Dividend per share | $6.00 | $2.45 |
| Dividend yield | 2.8% | 2.4% |
| Share buybacks | $672m | $0 |
| Employees | — | 381,000 |
| Market value | $24.98bn | $119.31bn |
| Price vs our value range | Within our value range | Above our value range |
| Moat score | 58 (Moderate) | 79 (Strong) |
| Insider trades, 12 months | 0 buys, 28 sales | 1 buys, 14 sales |