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Darden Restaurants Ownership | Who Owns Darden Restaurants?

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Darden Restaurants Ownership Summary

Darden Restaurants is owned by 19.65% institutional investors, 0.30% insiders, and 80.05% retail investors. Capital world investors is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 13.08% of DRI shares. American Funds Income Fund of Amer A is the top mutual fund, with 5.26% of its assets in Darden Restaurants shares.

DRI Ownership Benchmark

TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockDarden Restaurants19.65%0.30%80.05%
SectorConsumer Cyclical Stocks 33.27%14.14%52.59%
IndustryRestaurants Stocks 35.64%11.34%53.03%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Capital world investors15.16M13.08%$2.79B
Vanguard group14.06M12.13%$2.59B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de9.93M8.57%$1.83B
Blackrock8.74M7.33%$1.32B
State street4.90M4.20%$932.76M
Wellington management group llp4.46M3.83%$849.73M
Charles schwab investment management4.12M3.53%$784.59M
Raymond james financial3.51M3.00%$667.42M
Geode capital management3.37M2.91%$618.83M
Jpmorgan chase2.92M2.52%$537.00M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Hamlin capital management851.04K4.03%$166.84M
Woodley farra manion portfolio management345.14K3.03%$63.51M
Virginia wealth management group26.61K2.86%$4.90M
Lion street advisors57.37K2.86%$8.27M
Westport asset management35.00K2.78%$6.66M
Lrt capital management14.89K1.88%$2.84M
Running oak capital81.13K1.87%$14.93M
Beacon investment advisors21.71K1.69%$4.13M
Applied finance capital management110.27K1.45%$20.29M
Covington investment advisors57.99K1.45%$11.04M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Wellington management group llp4.46M0.15%1.10M
Norges bank785.15K0.02%785.15K
Blackrock8.74M0.03%502.55K
Bahl & gaynor323.30K0.30%323.30K
Capital world investors15.16M0.38%322.08K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Capital investors433.15K0.01%-1.47M
Invesco1.32M0.04%-596.30K
Prudential financial154.37K0.03%-446.62K
Steadfast capital management lp---414.17K
Marshall wace, llp339.80K0.07%-366.62K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Norges bank785.15K0.02%785.15K$144.48M
Bahl & gaynor323.30K0.30%323.30K$59.49M
Rakuten investment management304.41K0.04%304.41K$10.91M
Longaeva partners46.02K1.26%46.02K$8.76M
Cidel asset management40.74K0.44%40.74K$7.99M

Sold Out

HolderChange
Lowe wealth advisors-1.00
Tfc financial management-1.00
Palisade asset management-1.00
Mendota financial group-1.00
Financial gravity asset management-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Dec 31, 2025462-54.93%22,775,679-78.90%190.23%167-60.14%180-51.48%
Sep 30, 2025579-47.32%33,183,665-69.63%280.33%217-61.25%213-29.00%
Jun 30, 20251,0833.14%109,186,846-0.52%931.06%5559.68%294-9.54%
Mar 31, 20251,0374.75%109,518,874-2.24%931.03%50010.62%322-1.83%
Dec 31, 20249604.12%111,752,663-0.00%951.07%43217.39%323-6.38%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

HolderShares% HoldingChange
American Funds Income Fund of Amer A6.02M5.26%663.09K
American Funds Washington Mutual A5.55M4.84%-
Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp5.55M4.84%-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF3.74M3.20%-30.96K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv3.66M3.19%-22.71K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust3.33M2.85%23.58K
Vanguard Wellington Inv3.09M2.69%3.09M
Vanguard 500 Index Investor2.93M2.56%-60.03K
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™2.58M2.25%4.23K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional2.49M2.17%-40.74K

Recent Insider Transactions

DateNameRoleActivityValue
Apr 17, 2026Milanes Douglas J. SVP, Chief Supply Chain OfcrSell$731.84K
Apr 07, 2026Koren Lindsay L. SVP General CounselSell$58.29K
Apr 06, 2026Martin Melvin John Group PresidentSell$998.04K
Mar 23, 2026Simon William S-Sell$475.84K
Mar 23, 2026Simon William S-Sell$468.08K

Insider Transactions Trends

DateBuySell
2028 Q3--
2027 Q3--
2026 Q3--
2025 Q3--
2024 Q4-1

DRI Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Darden Restaurants?

Darden Restaurants shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 19.65%, followed by 0.30% insiders and 80.05% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Darden Restaurants's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 35.64%, which Darden Restaurants falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Darden Restaurants?

Darden Restaurants’s largest shareholders are Capital world investors (15.16M shares, 13.08%), Vanguard group (14.06M shares, 12.13%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (9.93M shares, 8.57%). Together, they hold 33.78% of Darden Restaurants’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Darden Restaurants?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.33% of Darden Restaurants, totaling 8.74M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.03% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 1.32B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 502.55K shares, a 6.10% change.

Who is Darden Restaurants’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Hamlin capital management is Darden Restaurants’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 4.03% of its assets in 851.04K Darden Restaurants shares, valued at 166.84M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Darden Restaurants shares?

American Funds Income Fund of Amer A is the top mutual fund holder of Darden Restaurants shares, with 5.26% of its total shares outstanding invested in 6.02M Darden Restaurants shares.

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