Darden Restaurants Q1 EPS $1.56, Inline, Sales $2.40B Miss $2.47B Estimate

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) reported quarterly earnings of $1.56 per share which met the analyst consensus estimate. This is a 11.36 percent decrease over earnings of $1.76 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.40 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.47 billion by 2.83 percent. This is a 4.08 percent increase over sales of $2.31 billion the same period last year.