Benzinga | Dec 17, 2021 07:01AM EST

Darden Restaurants Q2 EPS $1.48 Beats $1.43 Estimate, Sales $2.27B Beat $2.23B Estimate

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) reported quarterly earnings of $1.48 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.43 by 3.5 percent. This is a 100 percent increase over earnings of $0.74 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.27 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.23 billion by 1.79 percent. This is a 36.99 percent increase over sales of $1.66 billion the same period last year.