Olive Garden Italian restaurant sign showing company logo, Spokane Valley, Washington, owned by Darden Restaurants Incorporated headquartered in Flori
Olive Garden Italian restaurant sign showing company logo, Spokane Valley, Washington, owned by Darden Restaurants Incorporated headquartered in Florida.
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Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported mixed quarterly results as Olive Garden’s same-store sales fell for the second consecutive quarter.
For fiscal 2025, Darden is forecasting that its same-store sales will grow just 1% to 2%.
Shares of the company rose more than 1% in premarket trading.
Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting for the quarter ended May 26, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:
- Earnings per share: $2.65 adjusted vs. $2.61 expected
- Revenue: $2.96 billion vs. $2.97 billion expected
Darden reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $308.1 million, or $2.57 per share, down from $315.1 million, or $2.58 per share, a year earlier.
Excluding costs related to the Ruth’s Chris acquisition and other items, the company earned $2.65 per share.
Net sales rose 6.8% to $2.96 billion, fueled by its acquisition of Ruth’s Chris Steak House and 37 other net new locations.
Looking to fiscal 2025, Darden is forecasting earnings per share from continuing operations of $9.40 to $9.60, in line with Wall Street’s expectations of $9.55 per share. The company is also anticipating net sales of $11.8 billion to $11.9 billion, on the low end of analysts’ expectations of $11.94 billion.
Darden is projecting same-store sales growth of 1% to 2% in fiscal 2025 and total inflation of 3%. The company plans to spend $550 million to $600 million on capital expenditures.
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