Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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SA Transcripts157.41K FollowersFollow5ShareSaveCommentsPlay Earnings CallPlay Earnings Call Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Q2 2026 Earnings Call December 18, 2025 8:30 AM EST Company Participants Courtney AquillaRicardo Cardenas - CEO, President & DirectorRajesh Vennam - Senior VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Brian Bittner - Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Research DivisionDavid Palmer - Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research DivisionBrian Harbour - Morgan Stanley, Research DivisionJacob Aiken-Phillips - Melius Research LLCJake Bartlett - Truist Securities, Inc., Research DivisionAndrew Charles - TD Cowen, Research DivisionJeffrey Bernstein - Barclays Bank PLC, Research DivisionSara Senatore - BofA Securities, Research DivisionJames Salera - Stephens Inc., Research DivisionLauren Silberman - Deutsche Bank AG, Research DivisionPeter Saleh - BTIG, LLC, Research DivisionJon Tower - Citigroup Inc., Research DivisionJeffrey Farmer - Gordon Haskett Research AdvisorsDennis Geiger - UBS Investment Bank, Research DivisionAndrew Barish - Jefferies LLC, Research DivisionChristopher O'Cull - Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Research DivisionAndrew Strelzik - BMO Capital Markets Equity ResearchDanilo Gargiulo - Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC., Research DivisionGregory Francfort - Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Research DivisionBrian Vaccaro - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research DivisionJames Sanderson - Northcoast Research Partners, LLCJohn Ivankoe - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research DivisionHyun Jin Cho - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Presentation Operator Greetings, and welcome to the Darden Restaurants Q2 Fiscal Year 2026 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Courtney Aquilla, Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations. Courtney, please go ahead.
Courtney Aquilla Thank you, Kevin. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for participating on today's call. Joining me are Rick Cardenas, Darden's President and CEO; and Raj Vennam, CFO. As a reminder, comments made during this call will include forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of