DRI options flow: unusual options activity in Darden Restaurants Inc.

Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET

Over the last week the tape recorded 16 unusual options prints in Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI), $679K of tracked premium, close to even between bullish and bearish premium. Bullish premium was $278K against $300K bearish; $428K went into calls and $250K into puts, a put call ratio of 0.58. The largest print was $123K of DRI 16 Oct 2026 $220 calls on 23 September 2026, swept at bid. The last session with prints, 25 September 2026, added 1 print and $32K of premium. DRI closed at $199.75 on 25 September 2026, down 3.6%.

This week's unusual flow

Prints from 22 September 2026 to 25 September 2026, 4 sessions. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.

Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.

Largest prints of the week

Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.

Where the money is aimed

The most premium, $679K, is aimed at the 16 Oct 2026 expiry.

A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.

The last session, 25 September 2026

Every print in DRI with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open DRI in Options Sentiment Screener.

Price

The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open DRI in Options Sentiment Screener.

Analysts

The most recent analyst targets on file, from 19 firms, have a median of $240, 20.2% above the last close. The last 90 days brought 1 upgrade.

Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.

About Darden Restaurants Inc.

Exchange

NYSE

Sector

Consumer Discretionary

Industry

Restaurants, Hotels, Motels

Headquarters

Orlando, Florida

Website

darden.com

Darden Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Orlando, Florida.

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Learn

• What unusual options activity means
• Reading one ticker's flow
• Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
• Size versus open interest
• Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
• The conviction score and whale prints