---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-24-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T01:54:06.761408+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Q2 FY2025 EPS $2.03 adj (up 10.3%); sales $2.9B (+6%); declares $1.40 dividend

## Summary
- Total sales $2.9B, up 6.0% YoY; blended same-restaurant sales +2.4%; LongHorn +7.5%, Fine Dining -5.8%.
- Reported diluted EPS $1.82; adjusted EPS $2.03 (excl. $0.21 Chuy's costs), up 10.3% YoY.
- Board declares quarterly dividend $1.40/share, payable Feb 3, 2025 to holders of record Jan 10.
- Repurchased $142M of stock in Q2; $601M remaining under $1B buyback authorization.
- Updated FY2025 outlook: sales ~$12.1B, same-restaurant sales ~1.5%, adj. EPS $9.40-$9.60.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-24-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094424000078/0000940944-24-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094424000078/dri-20241219.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940944-24-000078.txt

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