---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-23-000071"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T12:26:54.928276+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Q2 sales $2.7B +9.7%, adj. EPS $1.84 +21.1%, declares $1.31 dividend

## Summary
- Total sales increased 9.7% to $2.7B; blended same-restaurant sales +2.8%; reported diluted EPS $1.76, adjusted $1.84 (+21.1% YoY).
- Olive Garden same-store sales +4.1%, LongHorn +4.9%; Fine Dining -1.7% (excluding Ruth's Chris).
- Board declared quarterly dividend $1.31/share, payable Feb 1, 2024 to holders of record Jan 10, 2024.
- Repurchased $181M of common stock in Q2; $328M remaining under $1B repurchase authorization.
- Updated FY2024 outlook: total sales ~$11.5B, same-store sales growth 2.5%-3.0%, adjusted EPS $8.75-$8.90.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-23-000071
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094423000071/0000940944-23-000071-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094423000071/dri-20231215.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940944-23-000071.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC reported the second quarter ended November 26, 2023 results: revenue $2.7 billion, EPS $1.76.
  - Period: the second quarter ended November 26, 2023
  - Revenue: $2.7 billion
  - EPS: $1.76
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Second Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights, Comparisons Versus Same Fiscal Quarter Last Year • Total sales increased 9.7% to $2.7 billion
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094423000071/0000940944-23-000071-index.htm

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