20 Stocks Insiders Were Selling In Q1 2025

3. Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI)

Total value of insider sales in Q1: $20.50 million

Insiders with $1M+ sales: 8

Darden Restaurants owns and operates a variety of full-service restaurants in the U.S. and Canada, including Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, and Yard House, among others. The company is based in Orlando, Florida.

In a recent development, Darden Restaurants announced a partnership update with Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER), revealing that Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen will pilot on-demand delivery in 10 restaurants, with Uber Direct handling the deliveries. If successful, Cheddar’s plans to expand the service across more locations.

In January and March, 11 insiders, including the president and CEO, sold approximately $20.50 million worth of Darden Restaurants shares at an average price of $200.53 per share. Year-to-date, the stock is up 11.29%, trading at $207.76 per share. Over the past 12 months, Darden Restaurants rose 24.23%.

For the fiscal 2025 third quarter, Darden Restaurants reported total sales of $3.2 billion, up 6.2% year-over-year. Diluted earnings per share were $2.74, compared to diluted earnings per share of $2.60 in the same period of fiscal 2024. For the full year of fiscal 2025, the company projects total sales of $12.1 billion and same-restaurant sales growth of approximately 1.4%.

Mad Money host Jim Cramer recently commented on the stock and said, “Darden, Darden, I’ll talk about Darden. You won’t go to olive [inaudible], I’ve been there. But it’s a restaurant chain. It’s not like a blow away restaurant chain, it’s like an okay restaurant chain. It reports an okay number. And the stock goes up huge.”

Twenty-six analysts rate Darden Restaurants stock as “Buy,” with a 12-month stock price target of $201.69. The average price target suggests a downside of 2.92% from the latest price.