Stifel Nicolaus Keeps Their Buy Rating on Darden Restaurants (DRI)

In a report released today, Chris O`Cull from Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a Buy rating on Darden Restaurants (DRI – Research Report), with a price target of $245.00. The company’s shares opened today at $223.57.

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According to TipRanks, O`Cull is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 14.4% and a 58.00% success rate. O`Cull covers the Consumer Cyclical sector, focusing on stocks such as Jack In The Box, Papa John’s International, and Darden Restaurants.

In addition to Stifel Nicolaus, Darden Restaurants also received a Buy from Morgan Stanley’s Brian Harbour in a report issued on June 18. However, on June 17, Wells Fargo maintained a Hold rating on Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI).

DRI market cap is currently $26.07B and has a P/E ratio of 25.13.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 80 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of DRI in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in April 2025, Charles Sonsteby, a Director at DRI sold 8,005.00 shares for a total of $1,637,422.75.