Fundamental Data for DRI

DARDEN RES(NYSE:DRI)

Darden Restaurants, Inc. and its subsidiaries is the world''s largest casual dining restaurant organization. They operate Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze and Smokey Bones restaurants in North America.

# Employees: 179000

Address: 5900 Lake Ellenor Drive,Orlando,FL,USA

Phone: 407 245-4000

Fax: 407 245-4989

Website: www.darden.com

Email: irinfo@darden.com

Sector: Retail/Wholesale

Industry: RETAIL-RESTRNTS

Executive Officers

Clarence Otis Jr. (Chmn.; C.E.O.; Dir.)

Bradford C. Richmond (Sr. V.P.; C.F.O.)

Leonard L. Berry (Dir.)

Odie C. Donald (Dir.)

David H. Hughes (Dir.,)

Dividend

Ex-Dividend Date: 10/7/2009

Annual Dividend: $1.00

Current Dividend Yield: $3.18

Dividend Paid (3 months): $0.25

Indicated Dividend: $0.36

Earnings

Last Earnings Date: 8/31/2009

Next Earnings Date(Expected): 12/17/2009

Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $0.42

Mean EPS (Year): $2.74

Mean Estimate(Long Term): $12.07

P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 11.480

Number of Estimates: 23

Shares Performance

Period	DRI	Compare to S&P
YTD	11.57 %	-7.66 %
4 Weeks	0.48 %	-0.61 %
12 Weeks	-6.21 %	-11.57 %

Shares Information

Analyst Coverage: Y

Avg Volume: 2423416

Shares Outstanding: 139M

Market Cap: $4.39B

52 Week High: $40.26

52 Week Low: $13.54

P/E Ratio: 11.190

PEG Ratio: 0.950

Split: On 5/2/2002 DRI split by factor of 1.500

Earnings Performance

EPS Growth in Last Quarter: -25.56 %

EPS Growth in Last Year: 9.84 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -12.22 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -2.27 %

Financials

Qtr Book Value: $2.62

Cash Flow/Share: $6.42

Change in Payout Ratio: 0.150

Price/Sales: 0.610