07:27 AM EDT, 09/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Darden Restaurants ( DRI ) reported fiscal Q1 adjusted earnings Thursday of $1.97 per diluted share, up from $1.75 a year earlier.

Analysts polled by FactSet expected $2.00.

Sales for the fiscal quarter ended Aug. 24 were $3.04 billion, up from $2.76 billion a year earlier.

Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $3.04 billion.

For fiscal 2026, the restaurant conglomerate maintained its adjusted diluted EPS of $10.50 to $10.70 while lifting its total sales growth projection to between 7.5% and 8.5%, up from its previous guidance of 7% to 8%.

Analysts polled by FactSet expect non-GAAP EPS of $10.69 on sales of $13.08 billion.

Shares of the company were down 4.7% in recent premarket activity.