Darden Restaurants Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  155.51
 Dividend  5.24
 Earnings  8.27
 Cash-flow  12.75
 Book value  18.30
 Equity  18.14

Darden Restaurants is part of Travel and Leisure business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Darden Restaurants is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Darden Restaurants stock dividend

Darden Restaurants paid a total dividend of 634 million USD last year, for a market value of 18,817 millions (Market Cap 18,735 millions). Darden Restaurants dividend per share is 5.24 USD, and his stock market price 155.51 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Darden Restaurants has a dividend yield of 3.37%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Services industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare Darden Restaurants stocks dividend with other Travel and Leisure companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Darden Restaurants

Darden Restaurants Dividend Payout

About the ability of Darden Restaurants to maintain his current dividend of USD 5.24 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.37%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Darden Restaurants payout on ernings is currently 63.36%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that Darden Restaurants can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Darden Restaurants is USD 12.75 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 5.24, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Darden Restaurants, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Services industry and Travel and Leisure sector companies.

Darden Restaurants payout

Darden Restaurants Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Darden Restaurants's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year Yield  USD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present3.37%5.2463.36%121
20223.50%4.8460.88%123
20212.92%4.4087.65%131
20201.01%1.200.00%130
20193.23%3.5258.47%123
20183.00%3.0068.18%124
20172.62%2.5262.69%124
20163.06%2.2472.49%127
20153.92%2.2038.00%126

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Darden Restaurants dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Travel and Leisure stocks.

Darden Restaurants stock dividend history

Darden Restaurants Stock performance

Finally, last moth Darden Restaurants showed a return of -7.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 25.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Travel and Leisure firms.

Darden Restaurants stock and market return