---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-24-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T03:50:08.701202+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Q1 FY2025 EPS $1.75 adj, sales $2.76B, reiterates FY2025 outlook

## Summary
- Reported diluted EPS $1.74; adjusted EPS $1.75 (excl. $0.01 Chuy's costs), down 1.7% YoY.
- Blended same-restaurant sales -1.1%; Olive Garden -2.9%, LongHorn +3.7%, Fine Dining -6.0%.
- Total sales $2.76B (+1.0%); segment profit: Olive Garden $249M, LongHorn $127.6M, Fine Dining $37.6M.
- Board declared $1.40/share quarterly dividend (payable Nov 1); repurchased $172M in shares during Q1.
- Reiterated FY2025 EPS guidance $9.40-$9.60 (excl. Chuy's); CFO cites sales trend improvement after July softness.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-24-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094424000044/0000940944-24-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094424000044/dri-20240919.htm

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