Market Currents

• Thursday, December 17, 2009

• 16:35 PM Darden Restaurants (DRI): FQ2 EPS of $0.43 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $1.64B (-2%) vs. $1.65B. Blended same-store sales down 4.7%; excluding Thanksgiving week (in fiscal Q3 last year) down 3.9%. Excluding that holiday shift, same-store sales -0.7% at Olive Garden; -7.6% at Red Lobster; -5% at LongHorn Steakhouse. Shares -0.2% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable post-market earnings: ACN, DRI, NKE, ORCL, PALM, RIMM, TTWO Comment!

• Tuesday, September 29, 2009

• 16:36 PM Darden Restaurants (DRI): FQ1 EPS of $0.67 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $1.7B (-2%) vs. $1.8B. Shares -6% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: DRI, JBL, MDRX, MU, NKE, WOR, ZZ Comment!

• Tuesday, June 23, 2009

• 16:42 PM Darden Restaurants (DRI): FQ4 EPS of $0.90 beats by $0.04. Revenue of $1.98B (+8%) in-line. The company declared a quarterly dividend of 0.25, a 25 percent increase. Sees FY10 EPS of $2.59-$2.85 vs. $2.71. Shares -2.4% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: DRI, JBL, ORCL Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: DRI, JBL, ORCL Comment!

• Wednesday, March 18, 2009

• 09:06 AM "We've advertised more" during the downturn, Darden Restaurants (DRI) CEO Clarence Otis tells CNBC after the firm's FQ3 beat. DRI has boosted its broadcast TV ad spending the most. DRI +11% premarket. Comment!
• 09:01 AM Premarket gainers: JAVA +68%. SIRI +25%. ETFC +11%. IVAN +10%. DRI +10%. FITB +8%. STEM +6%. AIG +6%. MET +5%. C +4%. Comment!

• Tuesday, March 17, 2009

• 17:03 PM Darden Restaurants (DRI): FQ3 EPS of $0.80 beats by $0.12. Revenue of $1.8B (-0.7%) in-line. Sees full-year EPS of $2.66-$2.74 vs. $2.52. Shares +6% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: ADBE, DRI, GES Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: ADBE, DRI, GES Comment!

• Thursday, December 18, 2008

• 18:05 PM Darden Restaurants (DRI): FQ2 EPS of $0.44 beats by $0.14. Revenue of $1.67B (+9.9%) in-line. Shares +6.3%. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: ACN, COMS, DRI, ORCL, PALM, RIMM, ZQK Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: ACN, COMS, DRI, ORCL, PALM, RIMM, ZQK Comment!

• Tuesday, September 16, 2008

• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: ADBE, DRI Comment!