Darden Restaurants: FY26 Q4 earnings call, Jun 25, 2026
On its Jun 25, 2026 earnings call (FY26 Q4), Darden Restaurants said 10 of the 20 words Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 20 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.
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20 words · 10 settled yes · our count agreed on 20 of 20- Polymarket: anyone
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backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.
| Word | Result | Our count | All speakers | Agrees | Probability | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter 10+ times | Yes | 60 | 60 | ✓ | 91%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Olive Garden 5+ times | Yes | 59 | 59 | ✓ | 93%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Fiscal | Yes | 33 | 33 | ✓ | 96%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Darden | Yes | 25 | 25 | ✓ | 95%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Menu 3+ times | Yes | 18 | 18 | ✓ | 88%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Protein | Yes | 15 | 15 | ✓ | 63%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Dining | Yes | 14 | 14 | ✓ | 96%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Kitchen | Yes | 1 | 1 | ✓ | 66%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Litigation | Yes | 1 | 1 | ✓ | 54%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Discount | Yes | 1 | 1 | ✓ | 50%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| GLP-1 / GLP | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 76%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Texas | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 51%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Appetite | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 16%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Breakfast | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 16%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Cheap | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 16%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| DoorDash | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 16%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Drive-thru | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 16%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Fiber | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 16%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Ozempic | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 16%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Revenue 10+ times | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 5%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.
Transcript
quotes of at most 25 wordsSpeaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.
14 matches for “Dining”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.
…all references to industry results refer to the Black Box Intelligence Casual Dining Benchmark, excluding Darden. Black Box Intelligence updated its benchmarks in early May,…
Full service dining is a variety-seeking category. We have a collection of brands that give us reach across multiple dining occasions, guest demographics, price points,…
…21.2%, 110 basis points above last year. Total sales for the Fine Dining segment increased 10.9%, driven by 6.6% from the extra fiscal week, positive…
…quarter is a significant drag on the segment profit margin for Fine Dining, as it's traditionally a low volume week for this segment. On a…
…at or above that range as they expand their footprint, with fine dining continuing to grow opportunistically. We believe this mix shift over time can…
Where the listed words were said
Greetings. Welcome to the Darden Fiscal Year 2026 fourth quarter earnings call. Your line has been placed in a listen-only mode until the question and…
…enjoyed record performance on Mother's Day, including the highest-ever traffic day at Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse. And our guest satisfaction results continued to be…
…our financial results, discuss the power of Darden's portfolio, and share our Fiscal 2027 financial outlook. I will now turn the call over to Rick.
…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…
…our guests' expectations and allows us to identify opportunities to improve the guest experience and drive incremental sales through continuous menu innovation across our brands.
…most of their steaks. Olive Garden has a little bit on that. Protein is a little bit more important, and Olive Garden just introduced in…
…Again, we have a big portfolio, we said that all of casual dining did pretty well across all the cohorts. It's just that the bottom…
…strong guest relevance and additional room for growth. Yard House, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, and Chuy's are incredibly popular brands with significant runway for growth. Ruth's…
…it's got to be simple to execute, can't be at a deep discount, and it's got to elevate brand equity. At the end of the…
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