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Darden Restaurants Ownership | Who Owns Darden Restaurants?

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Darden Restaurants Ownership Summary

Darden Restaurants is owned by 28.44% institutional investors, 0.34% insiders, and 71.23% retail investors. Capital world investors is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.72% of DRI shares. Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp is the top mutual fund, with 5.03% of its assets in Darden Restaurants shares.

DRI Ownership Benchmark

TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockDarden Restaurants28.44%0.34%71.23%
SectorConsumer Cyclical Stocks 42.53%14.10%43.38%
IndustryRestaurants Stocks 49.56%11.47%38.97%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Capital world investors14.84M12.72%$2.82B
Vanguard group14.02M12.01%$2.67B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de9.92M8.50%$1.89B
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 management3.39M2.90%$642.27M
Jpmorgan chase2.67M2.29%$507.68M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Hamlin capital management903.72K3.91%$172.03M
Woodley farra manion portfolio management365.00K3.27%$69.48B
Virginia wealth management group26.23K2.88%$4.99M
Lion street advisors57.37K2.86%$8.27M
Westport asset management35.00K2.78%$6.66M
Lrt capital management14.89K1.88%$2.84M
Running oak capital79.46K1.70%$15.13M
Beacon investment advisors21.71K1.69%$4.13M
Covington investment advisors57.99K1.45%$11.04M
Prospector partners63.48K1.44%$12.08M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Jpmorgan chase2.67M0.03%1.17M
Wellington management group llp4.46M0.15%1.10M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de9.92M0.03%543.97K
Blackrock8.74M0.03%502.55K
Norges bank402.47K0.01%402.47K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Invesco1.32M0.04%-596.30K
Prudential financial154.37K0.03%-446.62K
Steadfast capital management lp---414.17K
Marshall wace, llp339.80K0.07%-366.62K
Amundi402.28K0.02%-330.03K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Norges bank402.47K0.01%402.47K$75.14M
Rakuten investment management304.41K0.04%304.41K$10.91M
Brandywine global investment management96.11K0.13%96.11K$18.29M
Longaeva partners46.02K1.26%46.02K$8.76M
Axa investment managers38.90K0.02%38.90K$7.41M

Sold Out

HolderChange
Lowe wealth advisors-1.00
Mendota financial group-1.00
Financial gravity asset management-2.00
New millennium group-2.00
Bok financial private wealth-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
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%
Sep 30, 2024912-1.72%111,631,756-2.49%941.02%364-7.85%3413.33%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

HolderShares% HoldingChange
Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp5.88M5.03%-3.61M
American Funds Washington Mutual A5.88M5.03%-3.61M
American Funds Income Fund of Amer A5.36M4.58%-67.39K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF3.74M3.20%-30.96K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv3.68M3.15%-85.83K
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™3.33M2.85%693.00
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust3.33M2.85%23.58K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor2.90M2.49%-424.26K
American Funds American Balanced A2.66M2.28%-1.82M
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional2.61M2.24%28.15K

Recent Insider Transactions

DateNameRoleActivityValue
Oct 14, 2025Martin Melvin John Group PresidentSell$313.79K
Oct 06, 2025Broad Matthew R SVP General CounselSell$1.09M
Jul 30, 2025Williamson Laura B President, LongHorn SteakhouseSell$236.84K
Jul 30, 2025Williamson Laura B President, LongHorn SteakhouseSell$107.03K
Jul 29, 2025Kiernan Daniel J. President, Olive GardenSell$17.33K

Insider Transactions Trends

DateBuySell
2027 Q3--
2026 Q3--
2025 Q3--
2024 Q4-1
2024 Q3-19

DRI Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Darden Restaurants?

Darden Restaurants shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 28.43%, followed by 0.34% insiders and 71.22% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Darden Restaurants's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 49.56%, which Darden Restaurants falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Darden Restaurants?

Darden Restaurants’s largest shareholders are Capital world investors (14.84M shares, 12.72%), Vanguard group (14.02M shares, 12.01%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (9.92M shares, 8.50%). Together, they hold 33.23% 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 3.91% of its assets in 903.72K Darden Restaurants shares, valued at 172.03M$.

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

Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp is the top mutual fund holder of Darden Restaurants shares, with 5.03% of its total shares outstanding invested in 5.88M Darden Restaurants shares.

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