---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-24-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T03:48:42.928165+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Q4 sales rise 6.8% to $3.0B; raises dividend 6.9%; FY2025 EPS guidance $9.40-$9.60

## Summary
- Total sales up 6.8% to $3.0B in Q4; FY sales $11.4B (+8.6%); same-restaurant sales flat in Q4.
- Adjusted diluted EPS from continuing ops $2.65 (+2.7% YoY) in Q4; FY $8.88 (+11.0% YoY).
- Quarterly dividend increased 6.9% to $1.40 per share, payable Aug 1, 2024 to holders of record July 10.
- FY2025 outlook: EPS $9.40-$9.60, sales $11.8-$11.9B, same-restaurant sales growth 1%-2%, 45-50 new openings.
- LongHorn Steakhouse same-restaurant sales +4.0% in Q4; Olive Garden -1.5%; Fine Dining -2.6%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-24-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094424000026/0000940944-24-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094424000026/dri-20240618.htm

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