After Hours
It may be riskier to trade before market opening and after market closing than during regular market hours. Since issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities due to lower liquidity and higher volatility.
3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode
The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.
We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.
Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored
Stocks Info
Darden Restaurants, Inc. is listed on the NYSE in the Consumer Cyclical sector while operating in the Restaurants industry. The current market capitalization of Darden Restaurants, Inc. is $18.59B. A total of 1.27 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.31M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Kiernan Daniel J. sold 169 shares of DRI for 142.14 per share on Jul 29 ’24. After the transaction, the President, Olive Garden now owns 0 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jul 30 ’24, King Sarah H. sold 15,941 shares at 147.06 per share. DRI shares that SVP, Chief People Officer owns now total 447.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Kiernan Daniel J. disposed of 85 shares on Jul 28 ’24 at a per-share price of $142.14. This resulted in the President, Olive Garden holding 0 shares of DRI after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Broad Matthew R sold 5,171 shares at $146.48 per share on Jul 29 ’24. Company shares held by the SVP General Counsel now total 16,155.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Darden Restaurants, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $5.33, resulting in a dividend yield of 3.40%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.44. DRI’s most recent ex-dividend date was 7/10/2024 when it declared a $1.29 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 8/15/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 5/1/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 4/9/2024. The DRI stock dividend was $1.31 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, DRI has a high of $176.84 and a low of $133.36.
As of this writing, DRI has an earnings estimate of $1.84 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 26.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.94 per share and a lower estimate of $1.69. The company reported an EPS of $1.78 in the last quarter
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. DRI’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $420.60M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2022. There were $4.89B in debt and $1.85B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $18.87, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $2.20B.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for DRI is Buy with a score of 4.24.
