How Darden Restaurants makes money

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FY2026

How does Darden Restaurants make money? This Sankey traces every dollar of revenue through the income statement — into cost of revenue, R&D, SG&A, and taxes — and shows what's left as profit. Pick any fiscal year, recent quarter, or the trailing twelve months. Straight from SEC filings.

Darden Restaurants Inc. · FY2026 · year ended 2026-05-31

Revenue$13.2BGross profit$2.7B · 20%Cost of revenue$10.5B · 80%Operating income$1.6B · 12%Operating expenses$1.1B · 8%SG&A$695M · 5%Selling & marketing$180M · 1%Other opex$224M · 2%Pre-tax income$1.4B · 10%Other expense$201M · 2%Net income$1.2B · 9%Income tax$175M · 1%

Each fiscal year from SEC filings. Percentages are share of revenue, so the green profit nodes read directly as gross / operating / net margin. Line items a company doesn't break out are derived from their siblings so the flows balance; small residuals show as “Other.” For informational purposes only.

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