Benzinga | Mar 25, 2021 07:03AM EDT

Darden Restaurants Q3 EPS $0.98 Beats $0.69 Estimate, Sales $1.73B Beat $1.63B Estimate

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) reported quarterly earnings of $0.98 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.69 by 42.03 percent. This is a 48.42 percent decrease over earnings of $1.90 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.73 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.63 billion by 6.13 percent. This is a 26.29 percent decrease over sales of $2.35 billion the same period last year.