Analyst Upgrades – Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) (NYSE:DRI) Stock Gets Upgraded By Stephens from Equal Weight to Overweight

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Analyst Ratings For Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) (NYSE:DRI)

Today, Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) (NYSE:DRI) stock received an upgrade by Stephens from Equal Weight to Overweight.

Some recent analyst ratings include

  • 3/26/2018-Stephens Upgrade from a “Equal Weight ” rating to a ” Overweight” rating.
  • 3/15/2018-Mizuho initiated coverage with a Buy rating.

Dividend information for Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) (NYSE:DRI)

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) (NYSE:DRI) pays an annual dividend of $2.52 with a yield of 2.92% and an average dividend growth of 2.70% based on a 3 Year Average..

Dividend History for Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) (NYSE:DRI)

  • On 3/22/2018 Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.63 2.7006751687922% with an ex dividend date of 4/9/2018 which will be payable on 5/1/2018.
  • On 12/14/2017 Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.63 2.85% with an ex dividend date of 1/9/2018 which will be payable on 2/1/2018.
  • On 9/21/2017 Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.63 3.04% with an ex dividend date of 10/6/2017 which will be payable on 11/1/2017.
  • On 6/27/2017 Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.63 2.72% with an ex dividend date of 7/6/2017 which will be payable on 8/1/2017.
  • On 3/22/2017 Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.56 2.92% with an ex dividend date of 4/6/2017 which will be payable on 5/1/2017.
  • On 12/14/2016 Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.56 2.96% with an ex dividend date of 1/6/2017 which will be payable on 2/1/2017.
  • On 9/29/2016 Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.56 3.65% with an ex dividend date of 10/5/2016 which will be payable on 11/1/2016.

Recent Insider Trading Activity For Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) (NYSE:DRI)
Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) (NYSE:DRI) has insider ownership of 0.63% and institutional ownership of 90.49%.

  • On 1/10/2018 Douglas J Milanes, SVP, sold 4,300 with an average share price of $97.05 per share and the total transaction amounting to $417,315.00.
  • On 1/10/2018 Eugene I Lee Jr, Insider, sold 59,783 with an average share price of $96.80 per share and the total transaction amounting to $5,786,994.40.
  • On 1/10/2018 Ricardo Cardenas, CFO, sold 10,783 with an average share price of $97.17 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,047,784.11.
  • On 6/29/2017 Eugene I Lee Jr, Insider, sold 93,125 with an average share price of $91.58 per share and the total transaction amounting to $8,528,387.50.
  • On 4/3/2017 David C George, Insider, sold 84,283 with an average share price of $83.13 per share and the total transaction amounting to $7,006,445.79.
  • On 3/31/2017 Eugene I Lee Jr, Insider, sold 98,124 with an average share price of $83.19 per share and the total transaction amounting to $8,162,935.56.
  • On 10/11/2016 Danielle L Kirgan, SVP, sold 8,780 with an average share price of $62.47 per share and the total transaction amounting to $548,486.60.

Recent Trading Activity for Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) (NYSE:DRI)
Shares of Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) closed the previous trading session at 86.24 up +1.95 2.31% with 85.48999786376953 shares trading hands.