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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI)

CAPS Rating:
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A publicly held casual dining restaurant company that operates Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahamas Breeze, and Seasons restaurants. The company owns and operates all of the restaurants in the United States and Canada.

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Total Members

308 Outperforms
116 Underperforms
 

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99 Outperforms
43 Underperforms
 

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16 Outperforms
0 Underperforms
 

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Ticker Tags

Orlando (1), Growth (1902), Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure (141), Mid Cap (610), S&P 500 (499), Consumer Discretionary (795), Distressed (1597), Cyclical (3415), Dine-in Restaurant (13), Florida (17)
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Darden Restaurants, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $38.41
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:00 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $37.53
Daily Range: $37.71 - $38.59
52-Week Range: $24.11 - $41.21
Volume: 1,852,021
Market Cap: $5.37B
P/E Ratio: 13.36
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DRI VS S&P 500 (SPY)

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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI)

Avatar traderpat9 (95.55) Submitted: 2/08/09 11:17 AM

dri is already returning to its' level of sept 08. fools do not wait on this-my daughter loves OLIVE GARDEN (AND I LOVE MY DAUGHTER)-it's just the 30/45 minute waits i don't like. great quality food at a price you can afford to take out 5 of her best college friends when they invade your home or you...More

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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI)

Avatar jmacn22 (92.74) 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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 (DRI)

Avatar Monroe7 (42.82) Submitted: 2/06/10 10:40 PM : Outperform Start Price: $37.66 DRI Score: 1.54

In my opinion this is undervalued even under current economic conditions and has a lot of upside even under a moderated economic recovery. When this type of downturn happens it is the strongest companies that will flourish the most as the recovery progresses and this is certainly one of the strongest among its competitors.

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Avatar ng8111 (38.37) Submitted: 12/26/09 5:25 PM : Outperform Start Price: $35.59 DRI Score: 12.94

This stock is high-quality and will recover when people go back out to eat. I love the Olive Garden and Longhorn side of the business.

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Avatar 00101 (27.82) Submitted: 12/17/09 3:10 PM : Outperform Start Price: $32.50 DRI Score: 21.02

Upthumb. 00100. Large short base.

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 (DRI)

Avatar AzUKHiker (< 20) Submitted: 10/13/09 2:05 PM : Outperform Start Price: $32.71 DRI Score: 17.37

Passes Miller High Yield screen

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Avatar 00100 (96.16) Submitted: 9/29/09 3:29 PM : Outperform Start Price: $35.67 DRI Score: 6.73

Upthumb. Excellent cash flow. Good payout. Relatively low 5 year sales growth of 7%. Low quick ratio. Nominal debt ratio for a restaurant chain. Low margins - could be the source of improvement.

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TrackStandpoint 97.82 01/19/10 Outperform NS $35.35+8.66%-5.63%+14.29
TrackBernstein 87.54 09/25/09 Outperform NS $34.84+10.26%+2.33%+7.93
TrackStifel 96.44 09/02/09 Outperform NS $32.51+18.15%+5.68%+12.47
TrackJefferies 82.08 07/17/09 Outperform NS $33.64+14.17%+14.54%-0.37
TrackMKMPartners 91.34 03/18/09 Outperform NS $32.84+16.97%+40.24%-23.27
TrackRWBaird 87.00 02/03/09 Outperform NS $25.46+50.88%+31.30%+19.58
TrackBarclaysCap 94.50 12/19/08 Outperform NS $26.32+45.93%+22.81%+23.11
TrackJimCramer < 20 09/10/08 Outperform 3W $29.23+31.43%-10.58%+42.00
TrackBofASec 94.61 07/11/08 Outperform NS $28.42+35.15%-10.43%+45.57
TrackBearStearns 84.85 03/03/08 Outperform NS $30.28+26.85%-16.07%+42.92
TrackRBCCapMkts 86.33 02/11/08 Outperform NS $27.38+40.26%-16.05%+56.31
TrackLehmanBros 85.06 10/22/07 Outperform NS $40.61-5.42%-24.63%+19.21
TrackKeyBanc 90.58 05/04/07 Outperform NS $40.75-5.73%-24.80%+19.07
TrackJPMorgan 84.76 01/16/07 Outperform NS $37.35+2.83%-20.46%+23.29

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