Yahoo Finance What Should We Expect From Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s (NYSE:DRI) Earnings In The Next 12 Months?
On 24 February 2019, Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) announced its earnings update. Overall, analyst consensus outlook appear cautiously subdued, with profits predicted to rise by 14% next year against the higher past 5-year average growth rate of 32%. With trailing-twelve-month net income at current levels of US$604m, we should see this rise to US$690m in 2020. Below is a brief commentary on the longer term outlook the market has for Darden Restaurants. For those keen to understand more about other aspects of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.
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How will Darden Restaurants perform in the near future?
The view from 22 analysts over the next three years is one of positive sentiment. Given that it becomes hard to forecast far into the future, broker analysts tend to project ahead roughly three years. To understand the overall trajectory of DRI's earnings growth over these next fews years, I've fitted a line through these analyst earnings forecast to determine an annual growth rate from the slope.
By 2022, DRI's earnings should reach US$785m, from current levels of US$604m, resulting in an annual growth rate of 8.2%. This leads to an EPS of $7.18 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of $4.87. Margins are currently sitting at 7.5%, which is expected to expand to 8.4% by 2022.
Next Steps:
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