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Darden Restaurants Inc

DRI
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Retail-Eating Places
SEC CIK
0000940944

In the last 90 days, Darden Restaurants Inc insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 1 sale; 1,091 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $23.2B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

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Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
7.40M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
+483.2K
+7.0% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
8.11
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
912.1K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 6,438,063 sharesNov 15, 2024: 6,813,502 sharesNov 29, 2024: 6,674,200 sharesDec 13, 2024: 6,216,029 sharesDec 31, 2024: 5,236,742 sharesJan 15, 2025: 5,192,488 sharesJan 31, 2025: 5,186,833 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 4,977,788 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 4,606,381 sharesMar 14, 2025: 4,776,302 sharesMar 31, 2025: 4,926,481 sharesApr 15, 2025: 5,942,630 sharesApr 30, 2025: 6,425,453 sharesMay 15, 2025: 5,403,987 sharesMay 30, 2025: 4,612,354 sharesJun 13, 2025: 4,505,265 sharesJun 30, 2025: 4,487,569 sharesJul 15, 2025: 3,756,087 sharesJul 31, 2025: 4,236,568 sharesAug 15, 2025: 4,231,822 sharesAug 29, 2025: 4,419,369 sharesSep 15, 2025: 4,475,503 sharesSep 30, 2025: 3,766,548 sharesOct 15, 2025: 3,350,172 sharesOct 31, 2025: 3,420,939 sharesNov 14, 2025: 3,834,992 sharesNov 28, 2025: 3,971,885 sharesDec 15, 2025: 3,713,922 sharesDec 31, 2025: 5,391,787 sharesJan 15, 2026: 6,603,379 sharesJan 30, 2026: 6,039,971 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 5,651,805 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 5,923,120 sharesMar 13, 2026: 5,746,855 sharesMar 31, 2026: 5,178,310 sharesApr 15, 2026: 5,159,810 sharesApr 30, 2026: 5,816,697 sharesMay 15, 2026: 5,484,623 sharesMay 29, 2026: 5,636,336 sharesJun 15, 2026: 6,981,295 sharesJun 30, 2026: 6,510,814 sharesJul 15, 2026: 5,802,563 sharesJul 31, 2026: 6,143,362 sharesAug 14, 2026: 6,509,298 sharesAug 31, 2026: 6,652,438 sharesSep 15, 2026: 6,118,094 sharesSep 30, 2026: 6,751,776 sharesOct 15, 2026: 6,913,661 sharesOct 30, 2026: 7,396,896 shares
Short interest in DRI by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20267.40M+483.2K+7.0%912.1K8.11
Oct 15, 20266.91M+161.9K+2.4%1.11M6.24
Sep 30, 20266.75M+633.7K+10.4%1.52M4.44
Sep 15, 20266.12M−534.3K−8.0%1.10M5.56
Aug 31, 20266.65M+143.1K+2.2%919.5K7.24
Aug 14, 20266.51M+365.9K+6.0%1.04M6.25
Jul 31, 20266.14M+340.8K+5.9%1.39M4.41
Jul 15, 20265.80M−708.3K−10.9%1.49M3.90
Jun 30, 20266.51M−470.5K−6.7%1.93M3.37
Jun 15, 20266.98M+1.34M+23.9%1.08M6.45
May 29, 20265.64M+151.7K+2.8%1.02M5.55
May 15, 20265.48M−332.1K−5.7%1.01M5.45
Apr 30, 20265.82M+656.9K+12.7%1.02M5.71
Apr 15, 20265.16M−18.5K−0.4%1.41M3.65
Mar 31, 20265.18M−568.5K−9.9%1.98M2.62
Mar 13, 20265.75M−176.3K−3.0%1.33M4.32
Feb 27, 20265.92M+271.3K+4.8%1.10M5.39
Feb 13, 20265.65M−388.2K−6.4%1.36M4.15
Jan 30, 20266.04M−563.4K−8.5%1.46M4.15
Jan 15, 20266.60M+1.21M+22.5%1.99M3.33
Dec 31, 20255.39M+1.68M+45.2%2.07M2.61
Dec 15, 20253.71M−258.0K−6.5%1.40M2.64
Nov 28, 20253.97M+136.9K+3.6%1.39M2.85
Nov 14, 20253.83M+414.1K+12.1%1.43M2.69
Oct 31, 20253.42M+70.8K+2.1%1.03M3.31
Oct 15, 20253.35M−416.4K−11.1%1.04M3.21
Sep 30, 20253.77M−709.0K−15.8%2.11M1.78
Sep 15, 20254.48M+56.1K+1.3%967.3K4.63
Aug 29, 20254.42M+187.5K+4.4%844.5K5.23
Aug 15, 20254.23M−4.75K−0.1%975.0K4.34
Jul 31, 20254.24M+480.5K+12.8%1.12M3.77
Jul 15, 20253.76M−731.5K−16.3%1.18M3.18
Jun 30, 20254.49M−17.7K−0.4%2.31M1.94
Jun 13, 20254.51M−107.1K−2.3%1.02M4.40
May 30, 20254.61M−791.6K−14.7%1.67M2.76
May 15, 20255.40M−1.02M−15.9%1.79M3.02
Apr 30, 20256.43M+482.8K+8.1%984.4K6.53
Apr 15, 20255.94M+1.02M+20.6%1.53M3.90
Mar 31, 20254.93M+150.2K+3.1%1.57M3.14
Mar 14, 20254.78M+169.9K+3.7%1.27M3.77
Feb 28, 20254.61M−371.4K−7.5%1.37M3.37
Feb 14, 20254.98M−209.0K−4.0%930.9K5.35
Jan 31, 20255.19M−5.66K−0.1%1.12M4.64
Jan 15, 20255.19M−44.3K−0.9%1.16M4.48
Dec 31, 20245.24M−979.3K−15.8%2.01M2.61
Dec 13, 20246.22M−458.2K−6.9%1.12M5.57
Nov 29, 20246.67M−139.3K−2.0%1.17M5.69
Nov 15, 20246.81M+375.4K+5.8%1.21M5.65
Oct 31, 20246.44M+176.4K+2.8%937.6K6.87

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in DRI by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 13, 20261,008$199.61$201.2K
Oct 9, 20261,288$200.52$258.3K
Oct 8, 20268,487$201.49$1.71M
Sep 30, 20264,591$195.11$895.8K
Sep 22, 202617,202$211.31$3.63M
Sep 17, 20263,651$208.08$759.7K
Sep 16, 2026484$209.12$101.2K
Aug 24, 2026547$221.60$121.2K
Aug 18, 20263,589$225.50$809.3K
Aug 13, 2026115,689$227.68$26.3M
Aug 10, 202637$213.76$7.91K
Aug 7, 202624,071$210.94$5.08M
Jul 30, 202684,821$212.23$18.0M
Jul 27, 202611,762$196.31$2.31M
Jul 17, 20261$201.21$201.21
Jul 10, 202635$201.92$7.07K
Jul 8, 20263,892$204.50$795.9K
Jul 2, 20261,351$201.95$272.8K
Jul 1, 202668$206.01$14.0K
Jun 30, 2026828,031$205.70$170.3M
Jun 29, 202610,019,702$213.72$2.14B
Jun 25, 2026193$213.45$41.2K
Jun 24, 20263$210.59$631.77
Jun 8, 2026211$198.12$41.8K
Jun 5, 202656$193.46$10.8K
May 21, 202634$197.27$6.71K
May 20, 20262$193.73$387.46
May 19, 20262$193.75$387.5
May 12, 202618$195.80$3.52K
May 7, 20267,660$195.70$1.50M

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in DRI by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 13, 2026159,90787257,38862.1%
Nov 12, 2026213,510679330,18064.7%
Nov 11, 2026341,8967414,87082.4%
Nov 10, 2026319,1740400,31079.7%
Nov 9, 2026254,1433,555319,63579.5%
Nov 6, 2026300,924580408,48473.7%
Nov 5, 2026323,503192388,07283.4%
Nov 4, 2026333,7972,090463,38872.0%
Nov 3, 2026271,017449356,90575.9%
Nov 2, 2026384,6485499,90576.9%
Oct 30, 2026228,254212319,69671.4%
Oct 29, 2026203,7600266,20776.5%
Oct 28, 2026224,89415280,61080.1%
Oct 27, 2026209,170105260,25980.4%
Oct 26, 2026247,313186311,26479.5%
Oct 23, 2026223,5630271,88782.2%
Oct 22, 2026301,383100359,47183.8%
Oct 21, 2026439,6240521,79684.3%
Oct 20, 2026329,75331518,18363.6%
Oct 19, 2026363,6203,280431,10484.3%
Oct 16, 2026317,2200417,79775.9%
Oct 15, 2026308,56976398,60577.4%
Oct 14, 2026227,979104297,84976.5%
Oct 13, 2026384,98337484,60179.4%
Oct 12, 2026387,961178461,99884.0%
Oct 9, 2026239,1060320,93974.5%
Oct 8, 2026300,8760399,20075.4%
Oct 7, 2026376,0508471,74579.7%
Oct 6, 2026287,768426357,58280.5%
Oct 5, 2026310,780683407,34576.3%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in DRI
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T11,635,41947,4721,010,76722,10561.8%
Oct 12, 2026T11,614,99354,321535,52720,75875.1%
Oct 5, 2026T11,561,62955,137927,94623,54762.7%
Sep 28, 2026T12,009,14965,200719,87427,04073.6%
Sep 21, 2026T13,078,39069,920819,88427,77279.0%
Sep 14, 2026T11,750,92254,944877,17131,36666.6%
Sep 7, 2026T11,431,78445,200556,30438,45172.0%
Aug 31, 2026T11,423,07256,826701,27131,81767.0%
Aug 24, 2026T11,246,93844,438436,88819,15774.1%
Aug 17, 2026T11,572,51452,087483,06718,58176.5%
Aug 10, 2026T11,472,96951,246439,48919,12177.0%
Aug 3, 2026T11,547,32951,899512,26718,60375.1%