Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call March 20, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Courtney Aquilla - Senior Director, Finance and Investor Relations Rick Cardenas - President and Chief Executive Officer Raj Vennam - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Jon Tower - Citi David Palmer - Evercore ISI Eric Gonzalez - KeyBanc Capital Markets Brian Bittner - Oppenheimer Sara Senatore - Bank of America Brian Harbour - Morgan Stanley Dennis Geiger - UBS David Taranti ...

Economic & Earnings CommentaryWe had bounced off early-morning lows in today’s pre-market trading, but it was very temporary and indexes look what looked like it may have been a hard turn lower. It’s not: things are now pretty steadily in the red. The Dow is -160 points at the hour, the S&P 500 is -23 points and the Nasdaq -120. The small-cap Russell 2000 is down a deeper percentage, -14 points.Fed day yesterday gave us a pretty decent rally, but market indexes have a ways to go to turn everything around, a ...

Darden Restaurants (DRI) reported $3.16 billion in revenue for the quarter ended February 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.2%. EPS of $2.80 for the same period compares to $2.62 a year ago.The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.21 billion, representing a surprise of -1.54%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -0.36%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.81.While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings - ...

Darden Restaurants grew revenue in the third quarter of fiscal 2025, bolstered by strategic acquisitions and restaurant openings.Full-service dining restaurant chain specialist Darden Restaurants (DRI 5.74%) reported mixed fiscal 2025 third-quarter earnings on Thursday, March 20. Revenue of $3.16 billion rose 6.2% year over year but fell short of analysts' consensus expectations of $3.21 billion. Adjusted EPS of $2.80 was up by 6.9% year over year and matched expectations. The overall performance was solid, ...

Darden Restaurants (DRI) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.80 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.81 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.62 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -0.36%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this owner of Olive Garden and other chain restaurants would post earnings of $2.05 per share when it actually produced earnings of $2.03, delivering a surprise of -0.9 ...

Darden Restaurants (DRI) Q3 2025 Earnings Call March 20, 2025 08:30 AM ET Company Participants Courtney Aquilla - Senior Director of Finance & Investor RelationsRick Cardenas - President & CEORaj Vennam - CFOJon Tower - Director & Equity Research - Consumer & RestaurantsDavid Palmer - Senior Managing DirectorDennis Geiger - Executive Director - Equity ResearchDavid Tarantino - Director - ResearchTyler Prause - Equity Research Senior AssociateLauren Silberman - DirectorPeter Saleh - MD - RestaurantsJeff farm ...

In this articleThe Olive Garden logo is displayed on the front of an Olive Garden Italian restaurant in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on February 15, 2025.Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported weaker-than-expected sales as Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse underperformed analysts' projections.Shares of the company fell nearly 1% in premarket trading.Here's what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: $2.80 adjusted vs. $2 ...

Third Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights, Comparisons Versus Same Fiscal Quarter Last Year | Consolidated Darden* | 0.7% | | --- | --- | | Olive Garden | 0.6% | | LongHorn Steakhouse | 2.6% | | Fine Dining | (0.8)% | | Other Business* | (0.4)% | * Will not include Chuy's until they have been owned and operated by Darden for a 16-month period (Q4 Fiscal 2026) ** See the "Non-GAAP Information" below for more details "We had a solid quarter, and I am proud of how our teams managed their business and controlled ...

ORLANDO, Fla., March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended February 23, 2025. Third Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights, Comparisons Versus Same Fiscal Quarter Last Year Total sales increased 6.2% to $3.2 billion, driven by a blended same-restaurant sales* increase of 0.7% and sales from the acquisition of 103 Chuy's restaurants and 40 net new restaurants Same-restaurant sales: Consolidated Darden* 0.7 % Oli ...

Core Insights - Darden Restaurants, Inc. is set to release its third-quarter financial results on March 20, with expected earnings of $2.79 per share, an increase from $2.62 per share in the same quarter last year [1] - The company projects quarterly revenue of $3.22 billion, up from $2.97 billion a year earlier [1] Analyst Ratings - Truist Securities analyst Jake Bartlett maintained a Buy rating and raised the price target from $200 to $212 on March 17, 2025, with a 72% accuracy rate [4] - Raymond James analyst Brian Vaccaro maintained an Outperform rating and increased the price target from $200 to $210 on January 28, 2025, with an 80% accuracy rate [4] - Barclays analyst Jeffrey Bernstein maintained an Overweight rating and boosted the price target from $206 to $230 on January 7, 2025, with a 64% accuracy rate [4] - Oppenheimer analyst Brian Bittner maintained an Outperform rating and increased the price target from $200 to $218 on January 7, 2025, with a 66% accuracy rate [4] - Stifel analyst Chris O'Cull maintained a Buy rating and boosted the price target from $190 to $205 on December 20, 2024, with a 75% accuracy rate [4]