What the executives and directors of Darden Restaurants actually did with their own shares, decoded from three years of SEC Form 4 filings.
The tape: three years of insider trades
Every marker sits at the exact price reported on the Form 4. The line is the monthly median of all prices insiders reported, so the chart needs no market feed; the gray strip is routine flow (vestings, tax withholding, gifts) that headlines love to miscount as selling.
Where the shares went, last 12 months
Every Form 4 movement decomposed: what flowed in (grants, vested equity, purchases) and what flowed out (tax withholding, plan sales, discretionary sales, gifts). Counted in shares, because grants carry no price.
Skin in the game
Directly held shares as reported after each trade, indexed to 100 five years back. Direct holdings only: trust and family-entity positions are per-entity in the filings and do not sum honestly, so this chart refuses to guess. The steps are the trades.
Who holds what
| Insider | Role | Shares held | Buys 12 m | Sales 12 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE EUGENE I JR | Director | 160.7K | — | — |
| Cardenas Ricardo President and CEO | CEO | 125.3K | — | $8.2M |
| Burrowes Todd Group Pres, Pres, Chuy's | Officer | 53.1K | — | $1.5M |
| Kiernan Daniel J. President, Olive Garden | Officer | 36.4K | — | — |
| WILMOTT TIMOTHY J | Director | 27.1K | — | — |
| FOGARTY JAMES P | Director | 26.5K | — | — |
| Martin Melvin John Group President | Officer | 26.1K | — | $1.5M |
| Wilkerson John W. President, Olive Garden | Officer | 22.4K | — | $481K |
| Broad Matthew R SVP General Counsel | Officer | 19.6K | — | $1.1M |
| SONSTEBY CHARLES M | Director | 19.4K | — | $641K |
| Williamson Laura B President, LongHorn Steakhouse | Officer | 16.3K | — | $318K |
| Madonna John W. SVP, Corporate Controller | Officer | 11.8K | — | — |
| Vennam Rajesh SVP, CFO | CFO | 8,569 | — | $3.2M |
| Simon William S | Director | 6,281 | — | $944K |
Open-market trade log
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | Williamson Laura B (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 443 | $204.89 | $91K |
| 2026-07-31 | Williamson Laura B (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,110 | $204.32 | $227K |
| 2026-07-29 | King Sarah H. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,500 | $209.63 | $314K |
| 2026-07-29 | King Sarah H. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,873 | $210.83 | $606K |
| 2026-07-29 | Connelly Susan M. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,226 | $208.17 | $463K |
| 2026-07-29 | Vennam Rajesh (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 8,478 | $210.00 | $1.8M |
| 2026-07-28 | Cardenas Ricardo (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 3,801 | $209.58 | $797K |
| 2026-07-28 | Cardenas Ricardo (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,241 | $209.41 | $1.5M |
| 2026-07-28 | Cardenas Ricardo (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 12.8K | $208.80 | $2.7M |
| 2026-07-28 | Cardenas Ricardo (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 15.3K | $209.00 | $3.2M |
| 2026-07-07 | Connelly Susan M. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 9,930 | $206.21 | $2M |
| 2026-04-17 | Milanes Douglas J. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,620 | $202.17 | $732K |
| 2026-04-07 | Koren Lindsay L. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 300 | $194.32 | $58K |
| 2026-04-06 | Martin Melvin John (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,091 | $196.04 | $998K |
| 2026-03-23 | Simon William S (Director) | Discretionary sale | 2,333 | $200.64 | $468K |
| 2026-03-23 | Simon William S (Director) | Discretionary sale | 2,333 | $203.96 | $476K |
| 2026-01-23 | SONSTEBY CHARLES M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 3,123 | $205.32 | $641K |
| 2026-01-22 | King Sarah H. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 200 | $207.28 | $41K |
| 2026-01-22 | King Sarah H. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,405 | $206.62 | $910K |
| 2026-01-16 | Wilkerson John W. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,258 | $213.00 | $481K |
| 2026-01-15 | Vennam Rajesh (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 3,182 | $214.12 | $681K |
| 2026-01-15 | Vennam Rajesh (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 3,592 | $214.12 | $769K |
| 2026-01-14 | Connelly Susan M. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,635 | $207.36 | $546K |
| 2026-01-13 | Burrowes Todd (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 7,103 | $207.12 | $1.5M |
| 2026-01-06 | Martin Melvin John (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,200 | $197.47 | $237K |
| 2025-10-14 | Martin Melvin John (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,700 | $184.58 | $314K |
| 2025-10-06 | Broad Matthew R (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,661 | $193.40 | $1.1M |
| 2025-07-30 | Williamson Laura B (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 523 | $204.65 | $107K |
| 2025-07-30 | Williamson Laura B (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,157 | $204.70 | $237K |
| 2025-07-29 | Kiernan Daniel J. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 85 | $203.91 | $17K |
| 2025-07-21 | Williamson Laura B (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 333 | $206.81 | $69K |
| 2025-07-01 | ATKINS M SHAN (Director) | Discretionary sale | 1,014 | $220.33 | $223K |
| 2025-07-01 | Broad Matthew R (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 733 | $218.50 | $160K |
| 2025-06-30 | Broad Matthew R (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 6,949 | $218.00 | $1.5M |
| 2025-06-30 | Burrowes Todd (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 13.6K | $216.45 | $2.9M |
| 2025-06-25 | Martin Melvin John (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,200 | $220.06 | $704K |
| 2025-06-25 | Martin Melvin John (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,468 | $218.70 | $977K |
| 2025-06-25 | Martin Melvin John (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,544 | $217.78 | $990K |
| 2025-06-24 | Milanes Douglas J. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,806 | $222.08 | $845K |
| 2025-06-24 | Milanes Douglas J. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 8,142 | $222.08 | $1.8M |
| 2025-06-24 | Connelly Susan M. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,735 | $223.78 | $1.1M |
| 2025-06-24 | Vennam Rajesh (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 5,780 | $222.22 | $1.3M |
| 2025-03-28 | SONSTEBY CHARLES M (Director) | Discretionary sale | 8,005 | $204.56 | $1.6M |
| 2025-03-26 | Williamson Laura B (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,263 | $207.45 | $262K |
| 2025-03-26 | Williamson Laura B (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,289 | $207.26 | $474K |
| 2025-03-25 | King Sarah H. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,367 | $207.76 | $492K |
| 2025-03-25 | King Sarah H. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 6,314 | $207.09 | $1.3M |
| 2025-03-25 | Kiernan Daniel J. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,550 | $207.04 | $942K |
| 2025-03-25 | Kiernan Daniel J. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 12.5K | $206.32 | $2.6M |
| 2025-03-25 | Martin Melvin John (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,091 | $208.69 | $1.1M |
| 2025-03-24 | Cardenas Ricardo (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 1,829 | $209.39 | $383K |
| 2025-03-24 | Cardenas Ricardo (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 3,233 | $209.79 | $678K |
| 2025-03-24 | Cardenas Ricardo (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 3,767 | $206.85 | $779K |
| 2025-03-24 | Cardenas Ricardo (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 11.7K | $207.99 | $2.4M |
| 2025-03-24 | Madonna John W. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,806 | $207.88 | $375K |
| 2025-01-30 | Milanes Douglas J. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 7,892 | $195.95 | $1.5M |
| 2025-01-21 | Broad Matthew R (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 12.8K | $187.37 | $2.4M |
| 2025-01-15 | ATKINS M SHAN (Director) | Discretionary sale | 1,100 | $181.11 | $199K |
| 2025-01-14 | Burrowes Todd (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,397 | $183.89 | $257K |
| 2025-01-14 | Burrowes Todd (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 14.4K | $182.95 | $2.6M |
“Since trade” compares with the latest insider-implied price, not a market quote; this site carries no market data by design.
Filing hygiene
How to read this
A Form 4 transaction code decides everything. P is an open-market purchase and S an open-market sale; those two are the only codes where an insider chose to trade. A is a grant, M an option exercise or vesting, F shares withheld to cover tax, G a gift. Most “insiders dumped billions” headlines are code F and M mechanics.
Sales flagged 10b5-1 run on a plan the insider adopted in advance; since 2023 every Form 4 carries that flag. Buys have historically predicted returns, sales mostly have not, and this page states filings, not advice.