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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-25-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2025-09-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T06:19:33.516491+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Q1 sales +10.4%, adj. EPS $1.97 (+12.6%); updates FY2026 guidance to $10.50-$10.70

## Summary
- Total sales $3.04B (+10.4% YoY) on 4.7% same-restaurant sales growth and Chuy's acquisition.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.97, up 12.6%; reported EPS $2.19.
- Dividend of $1.50/share declared, payable Nov 3, 2025 to shareholders of record Oct 10.
- Repurchased $183M of stock in Q1; $865M remaining under $1B authorization.
- FY2026 outlook: adjusted EPS $10.50-$10.70 (incl. ~$0.20 from 53rd week), sales growth 7.5-8.5%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-25-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2025-09-18T23:59:59+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/940944/000094094425000045/0000940944-25-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094425000045/dri-20250918.htm

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