Darden Restaurants dividend per share
$6.00
per share, fiscal year ended 31 May 2026
+7.1% on the year before · filed with the SEC (10-K)
Darden Restaurants declared $6.00 per share for the fiscal year ended 31 May 2026, +7.1% on the year before ($5.60). Below are 19 fiscal years of dividends declared per share, each with the annual report (10-K) it was filed in. Over the series the dividend rose in 14 years and was cut in 3.
| Fiscal year ended | Dividend per share | Change | Filed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2026 | $6.00 | +7.1% | 10-K filed 24 July 2026 ↗ |
| 25 May 2025 | $5.60 | +6.9% | 10-K filed 24 July 2026 ↗ |
| 26 May 2024 | $5.24 | +8.3% | 10-K filed 18 July 2025 ↗ |
| 28 May 2023 | $4.84 | +10% | 10-K filed 19 July 2024 ↗ |
| 29 May 2022 | $4.40 | +183.9% | 10-K filed 21 July 2023 ↗ |
| 30 May 2021 | $1.55 | -41.3% | 10-K filed 22 July 2022 ↗ |
| 31 May 2020 | $2.64 | -12% | 10-K filed 23 July 2021 ↗ |
| 26 May 2019 | $3.00 | +19% | 10-K filed 24 July 2020 ↗ |
| 27 May 2018 | $2.52 | +12.5% | 10-K filed 19 July 2019 ↗ |
| 28 May 2017 | $2.24 | +6.7% | 10-K filed 20 July 2018 ↗ |
| 29 May 2016 | $2.10 | -4.5% | 10-K filed 21 July 2017 ↗ |
| 31 May 2015 | $2.20 | 0% | 10-K filed 25 July 2016 ↗ |
| 25 May 2014 | $2.20 | +10% | 10-K filed 24 July 2015 ↗ |
| 26 May 2013 | $2.00 | +16.3% | 10-K filed 18 July 2014 ↗ |
| 27 May 2012 | $1.72 | +34.4% | 10-K filed 19 July 2013 ↗ |
| 29 May 2011 | $1.28 | +28% | 10-K filed 20 July 2012 ↗ |
| 30 May 2010 | $1.00 | +25% | 10-K filed 22 July 2011 ↗ |
| 31 May 2009 | $0.80 | +11.1% | 10-K filed 23 July 2010 ↗ |
| 25 May 2008 | $0.72 | — | 10-K filed 23 July 2010 ↗ |
What this figure is, exactly
It is dividends declared per share: what the board declared for the fiscal year, as Darden Restaurants itself tags it in the XBRL data filed with each annual report. Declared and paid can differ in a given year when a quarterly dividend declared in December is paid in January: the declared figure counts it in the year of the declaration. The company also tagged cash dividends paid per share from fiscal 2010 to 2018; this page uses the series the company currently reports, and does not mix the two.
Each fiscal year is named by the date it ended, because Darden Restaurants's fiscal year does not coincide with the calendar year. For each year the figure comes from the 10-K for that year itself, the report that was audited for it; later 10-Ks repeat it as a comparative, and that repetition is used only to detect stock splits. Where a later 10-K tags a year differently without a split, the row says so.
No restatement at a whole-number ratio appears in the series, so no stock split affects these figures.
Where each figure comes from
From the CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared concept in the XBRL financial data Darden Restaurants files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alongside its Form 10-K (SEC registrant CIK 940944). The "Filed in" column opens the filing index of that 10-K at sec.gov, where the full report and its XBRL instance are public. The data was read from the SEC on 13 November 2026.
What feeds every figure on Celsmar: data sources; figures that were published wrong and fixed: corrections register.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does Darden Restaurants pay in dividends per share?
- Darden Restaurants declared $6.00 per share for the fiscal year ended 31 May 2026, as reported in its annual report filed with the SEC on 24 July 2026. The figure is the company's own XBRL tag for dividends declared per share; it is not an estimate.
- Is this the dividend I will receive?
- No. This is the dividends declared per share for a whole fiscal year, as the company reports it in its 10-K. What you receive depends on the shares you hold on each record date and on the quarterly payments the board declares after this report. For the next payment date, the source is the company's own dividend announcement, not its annual report.
- Why does the fiscal year end in May 2026?
- Because that is Darden Restaurants's fiscal year-end. Many US companies do not close their books on 31 December, and the dividend figure in a 10-K covers the company's fiscal year, not the calendar year. Each row here names the exact date the fiscal year ended.
- Where does each figure come from and can I check it?
- From the XBRL data the company files with the SEC alongside its 10-K, under the concept CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared. Each row links the filing index of that 10-K at sec.gov, where the full report and its XBRL instance are public. For each fiscal year the figure is the one in the 10-K for that year itself; later filings are used only to detect stock splits, and if one tags the year differently the row says so.
Information compiled from public regulatory filings, for informational purposes. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell. A dividend declared in a past fiscal year does not predict future ones.