Darden Restaurants - DRI Stock Forecast, Price & News

20 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Darden Restaurants in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" DRI shares.
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20 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Darden Restaurants' shares. Their DRI share price forecasts range from $129.00 to $156.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $143.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.0% from the stock's current price.
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Darden Restaurants' stock was trading at $150.64 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, DRI stock has decreased by 12.7% and is now trading at $131.53.
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Darden Restaurants saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,350,000 shares, a decrease of 9.2% from the August 31st total of 4,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,160,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Approximately 3.6% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, December 16th 2022.
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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) issued its earnings results on Thursday, September, 22nd. The restaurant operator reported $1.56 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.56. The restaurant operator had revenue of $2.45 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.47 billion. Darden Restaurants had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.33% and a net margin of 9.36%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.76 EPS.
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Darden Restaurants announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, October 10th will be paid a dividend of $1.21 per share on Tuesday, November 1st. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.68%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 7th.
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Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) pays an annual dividend of $4.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.83%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 67.13%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DRI will have a dividend payout ratio of 57.08% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Darden Restaurants declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, June 23rd 2022, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Darden Restaurants updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Saturday, October, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.40-$8.00 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.70. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.20 billion-$10.40 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.29 billion.

333 employees have rated Darden Restaurants Chief Executive Officer Gene Lee on Glassdoor.com. Gene Lee has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

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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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fulton Bank N.A. (0.02%) and AdvisorNet Financial Inc (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Charles M Sonsteby, Daniel J Kiernan, David C George, Douglas J Milanes, Douglas J Milanes, Eugene I Lee Jr, Eugene I Lee, Jr, John W Madonna, Juliana L Chugg, M Shan Atkins, Matthew R Broad, Melvin John Martin, Nana Mensah, Ricardo Cardenas, Sarah H King, Susan M Connelly, Timothy J Wilmott, Todd Burrowes and William S Simon.
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One share of DRI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $131.53.

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) has a market capitalization of $16.30 billion and generates $9.63 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $952.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.21 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 178,956 workers across the globe.

Darden Restaurants' mailing address is 1000 DARDEN CENTER DRIVE, ORLANDO FL, 32837. The official website for the company is www.darden.com. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at (407) 245-4000, via email at irinfo@darden.com, or via fax at 407-245-4989.