Darden Restaurants DRI Q4 2025 earnings
Darden Restaurants On Friday, while defeating Wall Street’s earnings and income estimates, Olive Garden predicted a solid growth for the financial year of the 2026.
Based on a survey of LSEG’s analysts, the company’s Wall Street expects what is reported in compared to:
- Earning per share: $ 2.98 set and expected $ 2.97
- Revenues: 3.27 billion dollars and $ 3.26 billion expected
When Darden was compared to $ 308.1 million or $ 2.58 per share a year ago, $ 303.8 million per share or $ 2.58 financial fourth quarter net revenue.
Except for the costs of Chuy’s Tex Mex purchasing, Darden won $ 2.98 per share for the fourth quarter, which ended on May 25th.
Net sales increased by 10.6% to 3.3 billion dollars by taking 103 Chuy restaurants and 25 net new restaurants.
Orlando, the Florida -based company increased the same store sales by 4.6%and increased StreetCount forecasts by 3.5%.
For the entire year 2026, Darden gave an estimation for a 7% to 8% income increase, including about 2% growth for an extra week. Corrected earnings expect the $ 10.50 to $ 10.70 per share, including 20 cents for the additional week.
Despite the symptoms that consumers have returned to expenditures, Rick Cardenas, CEO of Darden Restaurants, said that consumers continued to spend for daily dinner during their call with analysts on Friday.
“Our consumers want to go out and spend hard -earned money. And we think we get a fast food and a comfortable wallet.” He said.
Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse, Darden’s two striking brands, reported the same store sales growth that exceeds expectations. Olive Garden, which accounts for approximately 40%of Dardan’s three -month income, saw that the same store sales increased by 6.9%and exceeded 4.6%expectations of analysts. Longhorn’s same store sales increased by 6.7%, while analysts were waiting for 5.3%growth.
Cardenas, for a quarter of Darden’s sales partially, Olive Garden’s “One Take” agreement five years after the return of the “One Take” agreement, the customers to offer a meal to go with the dishes.
Darden’s fine dinner segment, which includes Ruth’s Chris Steak House and Capital Grille, reported that the same store sales decreased by 3.3% compared to the expected 0.2% decrease.
CFO Raj Vennam said to analysts in a call on Friday, the fine food category continues to be challenged as a whole, but the company receives a recovery in guest traffic from households who earn 150,000 dollars or more.
Cheddar’s remaining segment, including Scratch Kitchen and Yard House, saw 1.2%of the same store sales growth compared to estimates 1.1%.
In March, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen became the next Darden brand after the Olive Garden, Optional Pilot delivery Through a partnership Uber Direct. As of last week, he called on Friday, except for eight Cheddar’s restaurant, all of them have been delivered.
Darden, who closed 15 Bahama Breeze restaurants for a quarter, said that Cardenas will think of “strategic alternatives” for the whole Bahama Breeze brand, including the company’s potential sales or transforming places into other Darden brands.
During the call, Bama said that Breeze brand was not a “strategic priority” for Darden and had the potential to benefit from a new owner.
The company also announced on Wednesday that the board of directors has allowed a $ 1 billion -dollar stock recruitment program, which has not been expired and previously replaced by the existing share receiving authority.
Darden Restaurants stock increases by about 19% day by day.
