NYSE:DRIDarden Restaurants Stock Price, Forecast & News

Darden Restaurants' stock was trading at $70.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DRI stock has increased by 6.5% and is now trading at $74.78. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Darden Restaurants in the last year. There are currently 15 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, September 17th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Darden Restaurants.

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) posted its earnings results on Thursday, June, 25th. The restaurant operator reported ($1.24) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.64) by $0.40. The restaurant operator had revenue of $1.27 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.27 billion. Darden Restaurants had a positive return on equity of 16.68% and a negative net margin of 0.67%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 43.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.76 earnings per share. View Darden Restaurants' earnings history.

Darden Restaurants declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 19th. Investors of record on Friday, January 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.88 per share on Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. View Darden Restaurants' dividend history.

Darden Restaurants updated its first quarter 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $-1.72. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.494-1.494 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.24 billion.

31 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Darden Restaurants' stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $135.00. On average, they expect Darden Restaurants' share price to reach $90.19 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Darden Restaurants.

Press coverage about DRI stock has been trending negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Darden Restaurants earned a news sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Darden 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%) and Modus Advisors LLC (0.00%). 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, and Modus Advisors 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 $74.78.

Darden Restaurants has a market capitalization of $9.03 billion and generates $7.81 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $-52,400,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $3.13 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]