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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-25-000067"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:51:08.304684+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Q2 sales up 7.3% to $3.1B; same-restaurant sales +4.3% across all segments; declares $1.50 dividend

## Summary
- Reported diluted EPS of $2.03; adjusted EPS of $2.08, up 2.5% YoY (excludes Chuy's transaction costs and restaurant closure costs).
- Olive Garden same-restaurant sales +4.7%; LongHorn Steakhouse +5.9%; Fine Dining +0.8%; Other Business +3.1%.
- Board declared quarterly dividend of $1.50/share, payable Feb 2, 2026 to holders of record Jan 9, 2026.
- Repurchased 1.1M shares for $222M in Q2; $643M remaining under $1B authorization.
- Updated FY2026 guidance: total sales growth 8.5%-9.3%; adjusted diluted EPS $10.50-$10.70 including ~$0.20 from 53rd week.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-25-000067
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/940944/000094094425000067/0000940944-25-000067-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094425000067/dri-20251218.htm

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