Darden Restaurants Inc. Stock Sheds 3.6%, Underperforms Peers

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Shares of Darden Restaurants Inc. slipped 3.6% to $199.75 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.5% to 7,743.41 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.9% to 51,828.62.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.

Darden Restaurants Inc. closed 13.1% short of its 52-week high of $229.76, which the company reached on August 13th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as McDonald's Corp. fell 0.2% to $236.50, Starbucks Corp. rose 1.3% to $94.86, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. fell 2.12% to $31.33.

Trading volume totaled 1.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.2 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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September 25, 2026 16:35 ET (20:35 GMT)