Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Raises Quarterly Dividend 10% to $0.55; 4.3% Yield

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Darden Restaurants (DRI) PT Raised at Jefferies Post Q4

June 24, 2013 1:44 PM EDT

Jefferies reiterated its Hold rating on Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) Monday but raised its price target from $43 to $50 following Q4 results Friday. Estimates were also adjusted and fall below the consensus.

Analyst Andy Barish comments, "F4Q SSS of +2.2% beat the Street's 0% as... More

Goldman Sachs Lowers PT on Darden Restaurants (DRI), Sees Lack of Momentum

June 21, 2013 12:54 PM EDT

Goldman Sachs maintained a Neutral rating on Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) and lowered its price target to $49 (from $52). On Friday morning Darden Restaurants reported Q4 results that missed estimates. This prompted analysts to lower EPS estimates for FY2014-2016 to $2.99/$3.09/$3.19 from $3.09/$3.26/$3.40.

"Traffic growth... More

Darden Restaurants (DRI) Misses Q4 EPS Views; Boosts Dividend; Guides FY14

June 21, 2013 7:01 AM EDT

(Updated - June 21, 2013 7:18 AM EDT)

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) reported Q4 EPS of $1.02, versus the analyst estimate of $1.04. Revenue for the quarter came in at $2.3 billion versus the consensus estimate of $2.27 billion.

The increase reflects blended same-restaurant sales growth of 2.2 percent for Olive Garden, Red Lobster and LongHorn Steakhouse, same restaurant-sales growth of 2.3 percent for the Company's Specialty Restaurant Group, the addition of 44 Yard House restaurants (including the 40 restaurants that were acquired and four that were opened following acquisition) and the operation of another 100 net new restaurants compared to the... More