Darden Restaurants, Inc. is an American multi-brand restaurant operator headquartered in Orlando.
| Revenue (TTM) | $13.37B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $2.90B |
| EBITDA | $2.14B |
| Operating Margin | 9.85% |
| Return on Equity | 55.40% |
| Return on Assets | 7.65% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $116.51 |
| Book Value | $18.26 |
| Price-to-Book | 12.51 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 1.92 |
| EV/Revenue | 2.415 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.83 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | -6.70% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 5.10% |
| Shares Outstanding | $113.14M |
| Float | $112.63M |
| % Insiders | 0.30% |
| % Institutions | 101.25% |
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Investors interested in stocks from the Retail - Restaurants sector have probably already heard of Wendy's (WEN) and Darden Restaurants (DRI). But which of these two stocks offers value investors a better bang for their buck right now?
Shares of companies with multiple restaurant brands like Brinker and Darden are outperforming single-chain stocks like McDonald's and Chipotle. Major restaurant companies will start to report their quarterly earnings next week and offer a glimpse at how those trends are playing out.
McDonald's, Darden, and Yum! Brands all convert daily foot traffic into shareholder income, but only one of them kept raising its dividend when dining rooms went dark and customers disappeared.
MILL VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE:FCPT), a real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the ownership and acquisition of high-quality, net-leased restaurant and retail properties (“FCPT” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce the execution of a master agreement, extension and exercise (“Master Agreement”) with Darden Restaurants, Inc. and certain of its affiliates (“Darden”) (NYSE:DRI) with respect to all 66 Olive Garden and LongHorn leases previousl.
Two restaurant stocks pay nearly identical dividends, but one cut its payout to the bone during the last downturn while the other kept raising through every storm. For retirees, that difference changes everything about which one belongs in a portfolio.
Darden Restaurants is holding up but appears fairly valued amid macroeconomic pressures. Q1 2027 saw revenue up 5.1% to $3.20B and blended same-restaurant sales rise 3.1%, with Yard House and LongHorn outperforming. Margins were pretty mixed, and frankly, the outlook is underwhelming for growth.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcript
DRI's first-quarter fiscal 2027 results show higher sales and EPS, but both missed estimates as operating income is down despite a reaffirmed outlook.
Darden Restaurants NYSE: DRI reported fiscal 2027 first-quarter results that management said met expectations, supported by positive same-restaurant sales across each of its business segments, sales growth from new units and continued strength at LongHorn Steakhouse and Yard House.
Although the revenue and EPS for Darden Restaurants (DRI) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended August 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
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