Darden Restaurants, Inc.

DB:DDN Stock Report

Market Cap: €21.1b

Darden Restaurants Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

Darden Restaurants has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 26.6%, while the Hospitality industry saw earnings growing at 27.6% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 10.1% per year. Darden Restaurants's return on equity is 50.5%, and it has net margins of 9%.

Key information

26.6%

Earnings growth rate

27.8%

EPS growth rate

Hospitality Industry Growth-11.8%
Revenue growth rate10.1%
Return on equity50.5%
Net Margin9.0%
Last Earnings Update24 Nov 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Darden Restaurants makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

DB:DDN Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
24 Nov 2411,5791,0476440
25 Aug 2411,4161,0436030
26 May 2411,3901,0316240
25 Feb 2411,2021,0366130
26 Nov 2311,0131,0106080
27 Aug 2310,7729855780
28 May 2310,4889845040
26 Feb 2310,3229504790
27 Nov 229,9849114560
28 Aug 229,7709174480
29 May 229,6309554660
27 Feb 229,3061,0424840
28 Nov 218,5909234720
29 Aug 217,9758274670
30 May 217,1966324870
28 Feb 216,187-2164840
29 Nov 206,801-1125560
30 Aug 207,200-1846050
31 May 207,807-496140
23 Feb 208,7666396680
24 Nov 198,6666316610
25 Aug 198,5837226570
26 May 198,5107196610
24 Feb 198,4156856610
25 Nov 188,2976796650
26 Aug 188,2056516690
27 May 188,0806046620
25 Feb 187,8815546880
26 Nov 177,6315026600
27 Aug 177,3924936400
28 May 177,1704836270
26 Feb 177,0264985840
27 Nov 166,9954395880
28 Aug 166,9613906120
29 May 166,9343606230
28 Feb 167,0223376440
29 Nov 156,9053586350
30 Aug 156,8552976380
31 May 156,7641966740
22 Feb 156,5361276250
23 Nov 146,423856420
24 Aug 146,3501226420
25 May 146,2861836470
23 Feb 144,304934740

Quality Earnings: DDN has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: DDN's current net profit margins (9%) are lower than last year (9.2%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: DDN's earnings have grown significantly by 26.6% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: DDN's earnings growth over the past year (3.7%) is below its 5-year average (26.6% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: DDN earnings growth over the past year (3.7%) did not outperform the Hospitality industry 65.8%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: Whilst DDN's Return on Equity (50.54%) is outstanding, this metric is skewed due to their high level of debt.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 13:52
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/11/24
Annual Earnings2024/05/26

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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Darden Restaurants, Inc. is covered by 62 analysts. 26 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
David TarantinoBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research