Darden Restaurants Inc (DRI)

DRI (NYSE:Leisure)
$53.65
pos +0.20
+0.37%
Today's Range: 53.35 - 53.74 | DRI Avg Daily Volume: 1,678,700
Last Update: 05/21/13 - 4:01 PM EDT
Volume: 829,174
YTD Performance: 19.04%
Open: $53.58
Previous Close: $53.45
52 Week Range: $44.11 - $57.93
Oustanding Shares: 129,812,201
Market Cap: 6,938,462,143
6-Month Chart
TheStreet Ratings Grade for DRI
Buy Hold Sell
A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- E+ E E- F
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Analysts Ratings
Historical Rec Current 1 Mo. Ago 2 Mo. Ago 3 Mo. Ago
Strong Buy 6 6 6 6
Moderate Buy 2 2 2 2
Hold 16 16 16 16
Moderate Sell 1 1 1 2
Strong Sell 1 1 1 1
Mean Rec. 2.58 2.58 2.58 2.63
Latest Dividend: 0.50
Latest Dividend Yield: 3.74%
Dividend Ex-Date: 04/08/13
Price Earnings Ratio: 16.30
Price Earnings Comparisons:
DRI Sector Avg. S&P 500
16.30 16.30 17.70
Price Performance History (%Change):
3 Mo 1 Yr 3 Y
19.92% 2.88% 28.97%
GROWTH 12 Mo 3 Yr CAGR
Revenue 6.60 0.11 0.03
Net Income -0.20 0.28 0.09
EPS 5.30 0.35 0.10
Earnings for DRI:
EBITDA 1.10B
Revenue 8.00B
Average Earnings Estimates
Qtr (05/13) Qtr (08/13) FY (05/13) FY (05/14)
Average Estimate $1.03 $0.82 $3.16 $3.17
Number of Analysts 17 14 20 19
High Estimate $1.10 $1.00 $3.22 $3.50
Low Estimate $0.98 $0.72 $3.10 $3.00
Prior Year $1.15 $0.85 $3.58 $3.16
Growth Rate (Year over Year) -10.13% -3.70% -11.70% 0.32%
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2 days ago from Marketintelligencecenter.com
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Shares tumble.

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All of these restaurant stocks seem risky right now, though McDonald's may be appealing on a pullback.
Update
Apr 04, 2013 | 6:57 AM EDT
Morgan Stanley Retail & Restaurant Conference (Day 1 of 2) - 04/04/13 - 04/05/13 Orlando, FL
Bearish
Mar 06, 2013 | 7:28 AM EST
DRI estimates were cut through 2015, Credit Suisse said. Olive Garden continues to face challenges. Neutral rating and new $45 price ta...
These companies are poorly positioned, and cost-cutting won't be enough.
Bearish
Mar 01, 2013 | 8:13 AM EST
DRI ws downgraded to Neutral from Buy, UBS said. $47 price target. Higher bonus payments and margin impact of increased value oriented ...
Bullish
Feb 27, 2013 | 8:00 AM EST
DRI was upgraded to Neutral from Underperform, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said. $50 price target. Commitment to raise dividend trump...
Bearish
Feb 27, 2013 | 7:56 AM EST
Shares of DRI now seen reaching $42, Jefferies said. Estimates also lowered on analyst meeting pre-announcement. Hold rating.

Columnist Conversation / Market Updates

| May 21, 2013
| 5:33 PM EDT
Co misses on revenues. Revenue rose (if you can call it that) 0.8% to $1.7 bin. (I was looking for 1.7% y/y rev growth.)...
| May 21, 2013
| 3:46 PM EDT
We added a call spread for NTAP here, not as pricey as the move implies, the chart not looking too bad. I like this for...

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