Darden Restaurants (DRI) to Release Earnings on Friday

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) is projected to announce its Q4 2025 earnings results before the market opens on Friday, June 20th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $2.92 per share and revenue of $3.25 billion for the quarter.

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, March 20th. The restaurant operator reported $2.80 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.80. Darden Restaurants had a return on equity of 50.68% and a net margin of 8.96%. The company had revenue of $3.16 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.22 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.60 earnings per share. Darden Restaurants’s quarterly revenue was up 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect Darden Restaurants to post $10 EPS for the current fiscal year and $11 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Darden Restaurants Price Performance

Darden Restaurants stock opened at $222.75 on Thursday. Darden Restaurants has a one year low of $135.87 and a one year high of $226.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96, a quick ratio of 0.24 and a current ratio of 0.39. The business has a fifty day moving average of $207.08 and a two-hundred day moving average of $195.23. The company has a market cap of $26.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 0.75.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Ricardo Cardenas sold 20,518 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $208.19, for a total transaction of $4,271,642.42. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 58,836 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,249,066.84. This represents a 25.86% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, SVP John W. Madonna sold 1,806 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $207.88, for a total transaction of $375,431.28. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 7,192 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,495,072.96. This represents a 20.07% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 24,613 shares of company stock valued at $5,121,492 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.58% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Darden Restaurants from $205.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, March 21st. Citigroup raised their target price on Darden Restaurants from $223.00 to $229.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, March 21st. Guggenheim raised their target price on Darden Restaurants from $205.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 24th. KeyCorp raised their target price on Darden Restaurants from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, June 6th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Darden Restaurants from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 24th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eighteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $212.38.

About Darden Restaurants

Darden Restaurants, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. It operates under Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, Yard House, The Capital Grille, Seasons 52, Bahama Breeze, Eddie V’s Prime Seafood, and Capital Burger brand names.