Benzinga | Sep 23, 2021 07:05AM EDT

Darden Restaurants Q1 EPS $1.76 Beats $1.65 Estimate, Sales $2.31B Beat $2.24B Estimate

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) reported quarterly earnings of $1.76 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.65 by 6.67 percent. This is a 214.29 percent increase over earnings of $0.56 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.31 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.24 billion by 3.13 percent. This is a 51.28 percent increase over sales of $1.53 billion the same period last year.