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

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.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityMarket
Quarter 10+ timesYes6060✓91%transcripts from the transcript model–
Olive Garden 5+ timesYes5959✓93%transcripts from the transcript model–
Fiscal Yes3333✓96%transcripts from the transcript model–
Darden Yes2525✓95%transcripts from the transcript model–
Menu 3+ timesYes1818✓88%transcripts from the transcript model–
Protein Yes1515✓63%transcripts from the transcript model–
Dining Yes1414✓96%transcripts from the transcript model–
Kitchen Yes11✓66%transcripts from the transcript model–
Litigation Yes11✓54%transcripts from the transcript model–
Discount Yes11✓50%transcripts from the transcript model–
GLP-1 / GLP No00✓76%transcripts from the transcript model–
Texas No00✓51%transcripts from the transcript model–
Appetite No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
Breakfast No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
Cheap No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
DoorDash No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
Drive-thru No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
Fiber No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
Ozempic No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
Revenue 10+ timesNo00✓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 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

60 matches for “Quarter”; too common a word to quote: try a less common one.

Where the listed words were said

Operatoroperator“Quarter (10+)” · prepared

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…

Rick Cardenascompany“Olive Garden (5+)” · prepared

…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…

Courtney Aquillacompany“Fiscal” · prepared

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…

Courtney Aquillacompany“Darden” · prepared

…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…

Rick Cardenascompany“Menu (3+)” · prepared

…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.

Rick Cardenascompany“Protein” · qa

…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…

Courtney Aquillacompany“Dining” · prepared

…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…

Rick Cardenascompany“Kitchen” · prepared

…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…

Rick Cardenascompany“Discount” · qa

…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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