Darden Restaurants Stock Forecast, Price & News

27 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Darden Restaurants in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 22 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Darden Restaurants stock.
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Darden Restaurants saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,980,000 shares, an increase of 38.7% from the June 30th total of 2,870,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,490,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Darden Restaurants is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 23rd 2021.
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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June, 23rd. The restaurant operator reported $2.03 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.80 by $0.23. The restaurant operator earned $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.20 billion. Darden Restaurants had a net margin of 8.74% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.25%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 79.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned ($1.24) earnings per share.
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Darden Restaurants' stock was trading at $70.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DRI stock has increased by 107.8% and is now trading at $145.88.
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Darden Restaurants announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 9th will be paid a dividend of $1.10 per share on Monday, August 2nd. This represents a $4.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 8th. This is an increase from Darden Restaurants's previous quarterly dividend of $0.88.
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Darden Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.93%. Darden Restaurants does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Darden Restaurants is 102.09%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Darden Restaurants will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.82% next year. This indicates that Darden Restaurants will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Darden Restaurants announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, March 25th 2021, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Darden Restaurants updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.000-$7.500 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.210. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.20 billion-$9.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.22 billion.

27 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Darden Restaurants' stock. Their forecasts range from $108.00 to $175.00. On average, they expect Darden Restaurants' share price to reach $155.22 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price.
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333 employees have rated Darden Restaurants CEO Gene Lee on Glassdoor.com. Gene Lee has an approval rating of 88% among Darden Restaurants' 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 investors include TCW Group Inc. (0.23%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.15%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.15%), Gradient Investments LLC (0.06%), TIAA FSB (0.05%) and Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Darden Restaurants stock include Charles M Sonsteby, Daniel J Kiernan, David C George, Douglas J Milanes, Eugene I Lee Jr, Eugene I Lee, Jr, John W Madonna, M Shan Atkins, Matthew R Broad, Melvin John Martin, Nana Mensah, Ricardo Cardenas, Susan M Connelly and Todd Burrowes.
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DRI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC, TIAA FSB, Old Port Advisors, Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC, First National Bank of South Miami, Freedman Financial Associates Inc., and Howland Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Darden Restaurants company stock in the last year include Daniel J Kiernan, Douglas J Milanes, Eugene I Lee Jr, Eugene I Lee, Jr, John W Madonna, Matthew R Broad, Melvin John Martin, Nana Mensah, Ricardo Cardenas, Susan M Connelly, and Todd Burrowes.
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DRI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gradient Investments LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Scout Investments Inc., TCW Group Inc., Brookstone Capital Management, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Stratos Wealth Partners LTD., and Northstar Advisory Group 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.
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One share of DRI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $145.88.

Darden Restaurants has a market capitalization of $19.08 billion and generates $7.20 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $629.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.31 on an earnings per share basis.

Darden Restaurants employs 177,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Darden Restaurants: Bahama Breeze Holdings, Capital Grille Holdings, Cheddar's Restaurant Holding Corp., Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Cheddar’s Casual Café, Darden Corporation, Eddie V’s Holdings, Florida SE, GMRI, N and D Restaurants, Olive Garden Holdings, Olive Garden of Texas, Rare Hospitality International, Rare Hospitality Management, Rare Hospitality Management LLC, Seasons 52 Holdings, Yard House, and Yard House USA.

Darden Restaurants was founded in 1968.

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

Darden Restaurants is headquartered at 1000 DARDEN CENTER DRIVE, ORLANDO FL, 32837.

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]