Darden Restaurants Q2 Adj. EPS $2.08 Misses $2.10 Estimate, Sales $3.102B Beat $3.071B Estimate

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) reported quarterly earnings of $2.08 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.10 by 1.14 percent. This is a 2.46 percent increase over earnings of $2.03 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $3.102 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $3.071 billion by 1.02 percent. This is a 7.34 percent increase over sales of $2.890 billion the same period last year.