---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-25-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T11:24:40.248350+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Q3 sales up 6.2% to $3.2B; adjusted EPS $2.80 beats prior year by 6.9%

## Summary
- Same-restaurant sales: consolidated +0.7%, LongHorn +2.6%, Olive Garden +0.6%, Fine Dining -0.8%.
- Reported diluted EPS $2.74; adjusted diluted EPS $2.80 (excl. $0.06 Chuy's costs), up 6.9% YoY.
- Quarterly dividend $1.40 per share declared, payable May 1, 2025 to holders of record Apr 10, 2025.
- FY2025 outlook: total sales ~$12.1B, same-restaurant sales growth ~1.5%, adjusted EPS $9.45-$9.52.
- Repurchased $53M of common stock during Q3; $548M remaining under $1B authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-25-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/940944/000094094425000011/0000940944-25-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094425000011/dri-20250320.htm

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