$14.30

0.76 (5.61%)

11/21/2008 4:03 PM

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI)

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A publicly held casual dining restaurant company that operates Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahamas Breeze, Smokey Bones Barbeque & Grill and Seasons restaurants. The company owns and operates all of the restaurants in the United States and Canada.

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Total Members

255 Outperforms

91 Underperforms

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Ticker Tags

Florida (16), S&P 500 (469), Small Cap (1354), Dine-in Restaurant (14), Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure (146), Orlando (1)
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Darden Restaurants, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$14.30
Last Trade Time:	11/21/2008 4:03 PM
Open:	$13.87
Previous Close:	$13.54
Daily Range:	$13.21 - $14.34
52-Week Range:	$13.47 - $41.25
Volume:	2,961,341
Market Cap:	$1.88B
P/E Ratio:	5.50
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Other News Headlines for DRI

Sector Snap: Restaurant shares tumble
11/13/2008 1:55:00 PM - AP
Premarket roundup: Boeing, General Motors
11/13/2008 9:38:00 AM - AP
Sector Snap: Restaurants
11/10/2008 11:49:00 AM - AP
Ruth's Hospitality shares fall to new low
11/6/2008 3:52:00 PM - AP

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1 Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI)

Avatar DABRASCO (< 20) Submitted: 3/25/08 11:49 PM

Darden Restaurants Inc has been a strong performer year-after-year. The own family oriented chains such as Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Bahama Breeze, and Smokey Bones. A sure pick for long-term.

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2 Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI)

Avatar jmacn22 (85.08) Submitted: 8/31/06 5:55 AM

Smokey Bones and Bahama Breeze are weighing down Darden's overall performance and this is expected to continue into the near future as management puts together a new strategy to unlock value out of Smokey Bones... like scrapping the BBQ concept altogether for a more Texas steakhouse type. Until it c...More

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Recs 0 (DRI) dkeeneygt89 (66.44) Submitted: 11/12/08 8:27 PM : Start Price: $17.32 DRI Score: -5.34 No one is going out to eat right now, expect 4Q08 to be rough. By 3Q09 we should see DRI back in the game. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (DRI) roaringaslan (95.17) Submitted: 10/22/08 4:28 PM : Start Price: $19.72 DRI Score: 11.30 I don't believe these restaurants will do well for the next year or two. Too expensive. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (DRI) gsampson85 (54.62) Submitted: 10/17/08 10:17 PM : Start Price: $21.49 DRI Score: -12.91 Low P/E and lower priced foods in a penny pinching economy, great buy. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (DRI) threepaweddog (98.80) Submitted: 10/12/08 4:51 AM : Start Price: $22.63 DRI Score: 17.08 Don't get me wrong, I'd eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at Bahama Breeze if I could, but the ability of people to eat out, particularly in middle range restaurants like DRI, is going to be declining for the next year or two. They are in the unenviable position of being loaded up with debt, little cash, and likely declining same store sales figures. This could be one going to near zero if the economy really tanks. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (DRI) ecib (< 20) Submitted: 10/01/08 12:29 PM : Start Price: $28.87 DRI Score: -15.81 More bang for your Dallor for casual dining Olive guarden #1 and keeps seting record year after year Darden what i also like they will not keep a concept restaurant if it not purducing the numbers like smokkey bones and Bahamas Breeze Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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