NYSE:DRIDarden Restaurants Stock Price, Forecast & News

Darden Restaurants' stock was trading at $70.21 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, DRI stock has increased by 9.5% and is now trading at $76.86. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Darden Restaurants in the last year. There are currently 14 hold ratings, 15 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Darden Restaurants.

Darden Restaurants is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 18th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Darden Restaurants.

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) released its earnings results on Thursday, March, 19th. The restaurant operator reported $1.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.88 by $0.02. The restaurant operator earned $2.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.33 billion. Darden Restaurants had a return on equity of 32.51% and a net margin of 7.25%. Darden Restaurants's revenue was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.80 earnings per share. View Darden Restaurants' earnings history.

Darden Restaurants announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 10th will be given a dividend of $0.88 per share on Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. View Darden Restaurants' dividend history.

30 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Darden Restaurants' shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate Darden Restaurants' stock price to reach $88.03 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Darden Restaurants.

News articles about DRI stock have been trending very negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Darden Restaurants earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutDarden Restaurants.

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Darden Restaurants trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DRI."

Darden Restaurants' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.69%), Capital World Investors (5.42%), State Street Corp (5.10%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.77%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.77%) and Capital International Investors (2.76%). Company insiders that own Darden Restaurants stock include Charles M Sonsteby, Daniel J Kiernan, David C George, Douglas J Milanes, Eugene I Lee Jr, John W Madonna, M Shan Atkins, Matthew R Broad, Nana Mensah, Ricardo Cardenas, Todd Burrowes and William S Simon. View institutional ownership trends for Darden Restaurants.

DRI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Bessemer Group Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., AQR Capital Management LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Bahl & Gaynor Inc., Public Sector Pension Investment Board, and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have sold Darden Restaurants company stock in the last year include Daniel J Kiernan, David C George, Douglas J Milanes, John W Madonna, Nana Mensah, and Ricardo Cardenas. View insider buying and selling activity for Darden Restaurants.

DRI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Melvin Capital Management LP, Capital World Investors, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Capital International Investors, and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Darden Restaurants stock in the last two years include Charles M Sonsteby, David C George, Eugene I Lee Jr, M Shan Atkins, Matthew R Broad, Ricardo Cardenas, and Todd Burrowes. View insider buying and selling activity for Darden Restaurants.

Shares of DRI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of DRI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.86.

Darden Restaurants has a market capitalization of $9.29 billion and generates $8.51 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $713.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.82 on an earnings per share basis. Darden Restaurants employs 185,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Darden Restaurants is www.darden.com.

Darden Restaurants' mailing address is 1000 DARDEN CENTER DRIVE, ORLANDO FL, 32837. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 407-245-4000 or via email at [email protected]