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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	$35.07 +0.8%	$34.25	$21.64 ▼ $38.76	$813.26M	2.12	387,493 shs	453,180 shs
DRI Darden Restaurants	$148.71 -0.7%	$157.13	$133.36 ▼ $176.84	$17.75B	1.27	1.18 million shs	1.18 million shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	-3.39%	-0.71%	+8.35%	+4.41%	+12.27%
DRI Darden Restaurants	-1.51%	+0.50%	-1.84%	-10.07%	-7.16%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	3.8058 of 5 stars	1.2	3.0	1.7	2.9	3.0	2.5	2.5
DRI Darden Restaurants	4.5917 of 5 stars	3.4	1.0	2.5	3.1	2.0	2.5	2.5

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	2.33	Hold	$38.30	9.21% Upside
DRI Darden Restaurants	2.80	Moderate Buy	$178.67	20.14% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest BJRI and DRI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
5/17/2024	DRI Darden Restaurants	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$175.00
5/3/2024	BJRI BJ's Restaurants	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$41.00 ➝ $45.00
5/3/2024	BJRI BJ's Restaurants	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$33.00 ➝ $36.00
5/1/2024	BJRI BJ's Restaurants	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$40.00 ➝ $40.00
4/22/2024	DRI Darden Restaurants	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$190.00
4/12/2024	DRI Darden Restaurants	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$170.00
4/10/2024	DRI Darden Restaurants	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$190.00
3/22/2024	DRI Darden Restaurants	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$190.00
3/22/2024	DRI Darden Restaurants	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$200.00 ➝ $192.00
3/22/2024	DRI Darden Restaurants	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$184.00 ➝ $180.00
3/22/2024	DRI Darden Restaurants	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$187.00 ➝ $181.00

(Data available from 5/22/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	$1.33B	0.62	$3.82 per share	9.19	$16.05 per share	2.19
DRI Darden Restaurants	$10.49B	1.69	$11.08 per share	13.42	$18.18 per share	8.18

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	$19.66M	$1.00	35.07	21.52	1.89	1.80%	6.51%	2.29%	7/25/2024 (Estimated)
DRI Darden Restaurants	$981.90M	$8.53	17.43	15.54	1.67	9.24%	49.94%	9.68%	6/27/2024 (Estimated)

Latest BJRI and DRI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
5/2/2024	Q1 2024	BJRI BJ's Restaurants	$0.15	$0.32	+$0.17	$0.32	$335.35 million	$337.33 million
3/21/2024	Q3 24	DRI Darden Restaurants	$2.63	$2.62	-$0.01	$2.64	$3.02 billion	$2.97 billion

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	$0.52	1.48%	N/A	52.00%	N/A
DRI Darden Restaurants	$5.24	3.52%	+62.25%	61.43%	3 Years

Latest BJRI and DRI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
3/21/2024	DRI Darden Restaurants	quarterly	$1.31	3%	4/9/2024	4/10/2024	5/1/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	0.15	0.35	0.28
DRI Darden Restaurants	0.63	0.39	0.25

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	99.95%
DRI Darden Restaurants	93.64%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	4.90%
DRI Darden Restaurants	0.85%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	21,000	23.38 million	22.24 million	Optionable
DRI Darden Restaurants	187,384	119.36 million	118.34 million	Optionable

BJRI and DRI Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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May 21 at 6:37 PM | msn.com

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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

May 21 at 12:34 AM | marketbeat.com

Dakota Wealth Management Boosts Stake in Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI)

May 20 at 3:27 PM | cnn.com

How Red Lobster’s misguided endless shrimp promotion drove it into bankruptcy

May 20 at 10:27 AM | msn.com

Red Lobster files for bankruptcy. What we know about seafood chain founded in Florida

May 20 at 6:00 AM | investorplace.com

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May 19 at 3:58 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) Upgraded by BTIG Research to Buy

May 18, 2024 | marketbeat.com

Applied Finance Capital Management LLC Acquires 26,111 Shares of Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI)

May 17, 2024 | msn.com

BTIG Upgrades Darden Restaurants (DRI)

May 17, 2024 | marketbeat.com

6,550 Shares in Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) Bought by Apexium Financial LP

May 17, 2024 | markets.businessinsider.com

Evaluating Darden Restaurants: Insights From 23 Financial Analysts

May 17, 2024 | marketbeat.com

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) Upgraded at BTIG Research

May 16, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com

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May 14, 2024 | bizjournals.com

National seafood chain abruptly shutters 3 D.C.-area locations

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Company Descriptions

BJ's Restaurants

NASDAQ:BJRI

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates casual dining restaurants in the United States. Its restaurants offer pizzas, craft and other beers, appetizers, entrées, pastas, sandwiches, specialty salads, and desserts. The company was formerly known as Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. and changed its name to BJ's Restaurants, Inc. in August 2004. BJ's Restaurants, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Huntington Beach, California.

Darden Restaurants

NYSE:DRI

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. Darden Restaurants, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is based in Orlando, Florida.

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