For the quarter ended August 2025, Darden Restaurants (DRI) reported revenue of $3.04 billion, up 10.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.97, compared to $1.75 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.17% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.04 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.00, the EPS surprise was -1.5%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Darden Restaurants performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Company-owned restaurants - Total: 2,165 versus 2,167 estimated by nine analysts on average.
- Same-restaurant sales - LongHorn Steakhouse - YoY change: 5.5% versus the nine-analyst average estimate of 5.8%.
- Same-restaurant sales - Olive Garden - YoY change: 5.9% compared to the 6.1% average estimate based on nine analysts.
- Same-restaurant sales - Consolidated - YoY change: 4.7% versus 4.4% estimated by nine analysts on average.
- Company-owned restaurants - LongHorn Steakhouse: 595 versus 595 estimated by eight analysts on average.
- Company-owned restaurants - Olive Garden: 933 versus 936 estimated by eight analysts on average.
- Same-restaurant sales - Other Business - YoY change: 3.3% versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 1.5%.
- Same-restaurant sales - Fine Dining - YoY change: -0.2% versus 0.2% estimated by seven analysts on average.
- Sales- Olive Garden: $1.3 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $1.31 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +7.6%.
- Sales- Other Business: $680.7 million compared to the $664.65 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +22.5% year over year.
- Sales- Fine Dining: $286.5 million compared to the $289.03 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +2.7% year over year.
- Sales- LongHorn Steakhouse: $776.4 million versus $782.66 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.8% change.
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Shares of Darden Restaurants have returned +0.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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