Darden Restaurants Inc. Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $257.8 million.
On a per-share basis, the Orlando-based company said it had profit of $2.19. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.97 per share.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2 per share.
The owner of Olive Garden and other chain restaurants posted revenue of $3.04 billion in the period, which met Street forecasts.
Darden Restaurants expects full-year earnings in the range of $10.50 to $10.70 per share.
Qlick sets 2026 Kissimmee meeting
Qlik, a global leader in data integration, data quality, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), announced Qlik Connect 2026 will take place April 13–15, 2026 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee. The event will convene customers, partners, and industry leaders to show how organizations are moving AI experiments into scaled, hardened value. The focus is practical: trusted data, governed analytics, and open interoperability that translate quickly into business outcomes.
Attendees will see how teams keep experimenting while hardening the pipelines, controls, and patterns that make AI dependable in production and measurable in the P&L.
LightPath sets earnings call
LightPath Technologies, a leading provider of next-generation optics and imaging systems for both defense and commercial applications, announced it will release financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30, 2025 after market close on Thursday, Sept. 25.
Management will host an investor conference call at 5 p.m. Eastern to discuss the Company’s fourth quarter fiscal 2025 financial results, provide a corporate update, and conclude with Q&A. The company’s primary manufacturing footprint is located in Orlando, with additional facilities in Texas, New Hampshire, Latvia and China.
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