Darden (DRI) Reports Q3: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings

Barchart · 18h ago

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Restaurant company Darden (NYSE:DRI) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday morning. Here’s what to look for.

Darden met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.72 billion, up 13.7% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a narrow beat of analysts’ same-store sales estimates but full-year revenue guidance meeting analysts’ expectations.

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This quarter, the market is expecting Darden’s revenue to grow 5.5% year on year, slowing from the 10.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

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Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Darden has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.

With Darden being the first among its peers to report earnings this season, we don’t have anywhere else to look to get a hint at how this quarter will unfold for restaurants stocks. However, the segment has faced declining investor sentiment as Darden’s peer group is down 16% on average over the last month. Darden is down 5.9% during the same time .

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