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title: "Darden Restaurants Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors"
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# Darden Restaurants Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors

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Shares of Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI) slipped 2.94% to $218.86 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.69% to 7,691.76 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.22% to 53,343.40.

The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.

Darden Restaurants Inc. closed 4.75% short of its 52-week high of $229.76, which the company reached on August 13th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as McDonald's Corp. (MCD) rose 0.55% to $266.99, Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) fell 1.77% to $106.01, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG) fell 1.18% to $33.36.

Trading volume (1.0 M) remained 405,322 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 18, 2026.

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