Darden Restaurants Stock Gains After Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates, Sales Jump 6%
Darden Restaurants Stock Gains After Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates, Sales Jump 6%
Olive Garden same-restaurant sales soared 2%, LongHorn Steakhouse sales jumped 7.5%, Fine Dining sales fell 5.8%, and Other Business increased 0.7%.Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) shares are trading higher in the premarket session on Thursday.
達登飯店公司（紐交所代碼：DRI）股票在週四的盤前交易中上漲。
The company reported that the second quarter adjusted earnings per share was $2.03, beating the street view of $2.02. Quarterly sales of $2.89 billion missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.899 billion.
公司報告稱，第二季度調整後的每股收益爲$2.03，超出市場預期的$2.02。季度銷售額爲$28.9億，未達到分析師共識預估的$28.99億。
Total sales increased 6%, driven by a blended same-restaurant sales increase of 2.4% and sales from the addition of 103 Chuy's restaurants and 39 net new restaurants.
總銷售額增長了6%，其中受103家Chuy's餐廳和39家新增餐廳銷售增加的驅動，餐廳同店銷售混合增加了2.4%。
Olive Garden same-restaurant sales soared 2%, LongHorn Steakhouse sales jumped 7.5%, Fine Dining sales fell 5.8%, and Other Business increased 0.7%.
Olive Garden同店銷售猛增2%，LongHorn Steakhouse銷售躍升7.5%，Fine Dining銷售下降5.8%，其他業務增長0.7%。
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"I continue to believe in the power of our strategy and our brands' ability to compete effectively regardless of the environment," said Darden President & CEO Rick Cardenas. "Each of our brand leadership teams are focused on the long term and staying committed to executing at the highest level."
"我始終相信我們策略的力量，以及我們的品牌在任何環境中有效競爭的能力，" 達登總裁兼首席執行官Rick Cardenas表示。"我們每個品牌的領導團隊都專注於長期發展，並致力於在最高水平上執行。"
The company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.40 per share on the company's outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable on February 3 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 10.
公司宣佈每股現金股息爲$1.40，適用於公司未歸還的普通股。股息將在2月3日支付給截至1月10日營業結束的股東。
During the quarter, the company repurchased approximately 0.9 million shares of its common stock for a total of $142 million. As of the end of the fiscal second quarter, the company had $601 million remaining under the current $1 billion repurchase authorization.
在本季度，公司回購了大約90萬股普通股，總金額爲$14200萬。截止到財政第二季度末，公司在當前的$10億回購授權下剩餘$60100萬。
Outlook: Darden Restaurants now sees FY25 total sales of approximately $12.1 billion (prior outlook $11.8 billion – $11.9 billion) versus the $12.084 billion estimate.
展望：達登飯店現在預期FY25總銷售額約爲121億人民幣（之前預期爲118億至119億）與120.84億的估計相比。
It reiterated diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations of $9.40 to $9.60, compared to the $9.44 estimate. The outlook excludes approximately $47 million, pre-tax, of Chuy's transaction and integration related costs.
它重申了來自持續運營的攤薄每股淨收益爲9.40至9.60美元，相比之下，估計爲9.44美元。該展望不包括約4700萬的Chuy的交易和整合相關費用（稅前）。
The company expects same-restaurant sales growth of around 1.5% (prior view 1.0% to 2.0%). Additionally, Darden Restaurants now plans to open 50 to 55 new restaurants during the fiscal year.
公司預計同餐廳銷售增長約爲1.5%（之前的預期爲1.0%至2.0%）。此外，達登飯店現在計劃在財政年度內開設50至55家新餐廳。
Price Action: DRI shares are trading higher by 9.08% to $174.39 premarket at last check Thursday.
價格動作：截至週四最後檢查，DRI股價在盤前交易中上漲9.08%，至174.39美元。
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