Darden Restaurants Q4 fiscal 2026 earnings results
Key takeaways
- Olive Garden posted same-store sales growth of 2.4% for the quarter ended May 31.
- Adjusted earnings per share came in at $3.66, above the $3.63 analysts expected.
- Same-store sales at Darden's fine-dining division, home to The Capital Grille and Ruth's Chris Steak House, came in at 1.9% growth — below the 3.1% analysts had anticipated.
Darden Restaurants Q4 fiscal 2026 earnings results Darden Restaurants Q4 fiscal 2026 earnings results · Quartz · Credit: Harrison Keely / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Cris Tolomia Thu, June 25, 2026 at 7:31 PM GMT+7 2 min read DRI Darden Restaurants showed a split performance in fourth-quarter earnings released Thursday, with Olive Garden missing same-store sales targets, Long Horn Steakhouse outpacing the field, and a fiscal 2027 forecast that disappointed investors expecting more.
Olive Garden posted same-store sales growth of 2.4% for the quarter ended May 31. Analysts had projected 3.2% growth. LongHorn Steakhouse, by contrast, reported same-store sales growth of 9.5%, beating analyst estimates of 7.1%, according to CNBC. Across all of Darden's brands, blended same-store sales rose 4.6%.
Adjusted earnings per share came in at $3.66, above the $3.63 analysts expected. The addition of an extra week in the fiscal calendar helped push total net sales up 13.7%, to $3.72 billion. Net income reached $404.9 million for the quarter, up from $303.8 million a year earlier, the company said.