週四盤前，Darden Restaurants Inc（紐約證券交易所代碼：DRI）股票交易走高。 公司報告第三季度收入同比增長6.2%，達到31.58億美元，未達到分析師普遍預期的32.15億美元。 銷售額的增長由同店銷售增長0.7%以及收購103家Chuy’s餐廳和40家淨新增餐廳的銷售額所驅動。 Darden的營業利潤率爲13.2%，營業收入增長7.9%至4.182億美元。 調整後每股收益（EPS）爲2.80美元，超過普遍預期的2.79美元。 Darden在九個月內產生了12.5億美元的營業現金流。截至2025年2月23日，公司持有現金和等價物2.387億美元。 第三季度末庫存爲3.246億美元。 Darden的董事會宣佈季度現金股息爲每股1.40美元，將於5月1日支付給截至4月10日登記的股東。 在季度內，公司回購了大約30萬股普通股，總計5300萬美元。截至第三季度末，公司在當前10億美元的回購授權下剩餘約5.48億美元。 指導意見：Darden Restaurants預計2025財年銷售額約爲121億美元，預期爲120.92億美元。同店銷售增長約1.5%。 公司預計2025財年調整後每股收益爲9.45至9.52美元（之前預期爲9.40至9.60美元），普遍預期爲9.48美元。 價格走勢：截止週四最後檢查，DRI股票盤前交易價格上漲1.51%至191.00美元。

以上內容來自Benzinga Earnings專欄，原文如下：

Darden Restaurants Inc (NYSE:DRI) shares are trading higher in premarket on Thursday.

The company reported third-quarter revenue growth of 6.2% year-on-year to $3.158 billion, missing the analyst consensus estimate of $3.215 billion.

The sales growth was driven by a blended same-restaurant sales increase of 0.7% and sales from the acquisition of 103 Chuy’s restaurants and 40 net new restaurants.

Darden clocked an operating margin of 13.2%, and the operating income rose 7.9% to $418.2 million.

Adjusted EPS of $2.80 beat the consensus estimate of $2.79.

Darden generated an operating cash flow of $1.25 billion for the nine months. It held $238.7 million in cash and equivalents as of February 23, 2025.

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Inventories at the end of third quarter were $324.6 million.

Darden’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.40 per share, payable on May 1, to shareholders of record on April 10.

During the quarter, the company repurchased approximately 0.3 million shares of its common stock for a total of $53 million. As of the third quarter end, the company had approximately $548 million remaining under the current $1 billion repurchase authorization.

Guidance: Darden Restaurants continues to see FY25 sales of about of $12.1 billion with an estimate of $12.092 billion. Same-restaurant sales growth of approximately 1.5%.

The company expects FY25 adjusted EPS of $9.45 – $9.52 (prior view $9.40 – $9.60) against an estimate of $9.48.

Price Action: DRI shares traded higher by 1.51% at $191.00 in premarket at last check Thursday.

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