DJ Darden Restaurants Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Darden Restaurants Inc. $(DRI)$ advanced 1.97% to $217.97 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.06% to 7,753.11 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.11% to 53,975.98.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
Darden Restaurants Inc. closed 1.21% short of its 52-week high of $220.65, which the company reached on February 18th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ fell 0.28% to $273.72, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ fell 0.88% to $104.65, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ fell 1.98% to $32.14.
Trading volume (890,296) remained 515,522 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 10, 2026.