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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings results and increased its quarterly dividend.
Sales grew 6.8% Y/Y to $2.957 billion, missing the analyst consensus estimate of $2.975 billion. Consolidated same-restaurant sales for the quarter remained flat. Adjusted EPS of $2.65 topped the consensus of $2.62, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
Darden's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.40 per share, a 6.9% Q/Q, payable on August 1, to shareholders of record as of July 10.
For FY25, Darden said it sees EPS from continuing operations of $9.40-$9.60 (estimate $9.56) and sales of $11.8 billion-$11.9 billion vs. street view of $11.948 billion. The company also expects same-restaurant sales growth of 1.0% to 2.0% and new restaurant openings of 45 to 50.
Darden's shares rose 1.5% to close at $154.29 on Thursday.
These analysts made changes to their price targets on Darden after the company reported quarterly results.
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