Gift Card — Contract With Customer, Liability, Redemptions And Breakage
Darden Restaurants Gift Card — Contract With Customer, Liability, Redemptions And Breakage increased by 82.8% to $253.50M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 1.1%, from $250.70M to $253.50M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Gift Card — Contract With Customer, Liability, Redemptions And Breakage shows an upward trend with a 9.4% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
Higher redemptions indicate active customer engagement and immediate revenue realization.
Detailed definition
This represents the total reduction in gift card liability resulting from customers using their cards for purchases or t...
Peer comparison
Commonly reported as the 'usage' or 'redemption' component of deferred revenue movement.
dri_segment_gift_card_contract_with_customer_liability_redemptions_and_breakageHistorical Data
| Q1 '21 | Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $137.70M | $135.90M | $115.80M | $231.20M | $163.60M | $147.00M | $123.50M | $250.10M | $164.80M | $165.50M | $128.40M | $264.70M | $173.30M | $163.50M | $136.20M | $250.70M | $181.00M | $161.90M | $138.70M | $253.50M |
| QoQ Change | — | -1.3% | -14.8% | +99.7% | -29.2% | -10.1% | -16.0% | +102.5% | -34.1% | +0.4% | -22.4% | +106.2% | -34.5% | -5.7% | -16.7% | +84.1% | -27.8% | -10.6% | -14.3% | +82.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +18.8% | +8.2% | +6.6% | +8.2% | +0.7% | +12.6% | +4.0% | +5.8% | +5.2% | -1.2% | +6.1% | -5.3% | +4.4% | -1.0% | +1.8% | +1.1% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Darden Restaurants's gift card — contract with customer, liability, redemptions and breakage?
- Darden Restaurants (DRI) reported gift card — contract with customer, liability, redemptions and breakage of $253.50M in Q4 2025.
- How has Darden Restaurants's gift card — contract with customer, liability, redemptions and breakage changed year-over-year?
- Darden Restaurants's gift card — contract with customer, liability, redemptions and breakage increased by 1.1% year-over-year, from $250.70M to $253.50M.
- What is the long-term trend for Darden Restaurants's gift card — contract with customer, liability, redemptions and breakage?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Darden Restaurants's gift card — contract with customer, liability, redemptions and breakage has grown at a 9.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $510.30M to $731.40M.
- What does gift card — contract with customer, liability, redemptions and breakage mean?
- The total value of gift cards used by customers or expired/deemed unlikely to be used.