---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-26-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-25T11:04:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T11:10:21.697511+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Q4 sales $3.72B (+13.7%), adj. EPS $3.66 (+22.8%); raises dividend 8%, authorizes $1.5B buyback

## Summary
- Q4 same-restaurant sales +4.6% (Olive Garden +2.4%, LongHorn +9.5%); full-year +4.5%.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $3.66 (Q4) and $10.64 (FY2026); extra week contributed $0.25 to both.
- Quarterly dividend increased 8.0% to $1.62/share, payable Aug 3, 2026 to holders of record Jul 10.
- Board authorized new $1.5B share repurchase program, replacing prior authorization; $138M repurchased in Q4.
- FY2027 outlook: sales $13.60-13.75B, diluted EPS $11.10-11.35, 75-80 new restaurants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-26-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-25T11:04:45+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094426000016/0000940944-26-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094426000016/dri-20260624.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940944-26-000016.txt

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