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.
33 matches for “Fiscal”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.
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…
Looking ahead, we plan to release Fiscal 2027 first quarter earnings on Thursday, September 24th before the market opens, followed by a conference call. During…
…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.
…focus on growing our brands, we opened 71 new restaurants during the fiscal year, six more than initially planned at the beginning of the year.…
…pace to open the most international locations in a single year in fiscal 2027. Fiscal 2026 marks our 31st year as a publicly traded company,…
Where the listed words were said
…helped each of our brands deliver positive same restaurant sales for the quarter. We know guests choose the brands they trust for key occasions. Several…
…highs. It was an especially strong year for our three largest brands, Olive Garden, LongHorn, and Yard House. Olive Garden met our heightened expectations for…
…proud that we promoted 1,375 hourly team members into management roles in fiscal 2026. Darden has a tremendous track record of success, and it reflects…
…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…
…underlying brand set. This restatement had an outsized impact on the casual dining benchmarks. The change moved the average benchmarks up by 150 basis points…
…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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