darden restaurants inc shares rose 17 in premarket trades friday after the company beat analyst estimates for secondquarter earnings and revenue darden said its secondquarter profit fell to 1872 million or 152 a share from 1932 million or 148 a share in the yearago quarter revenue at the company which owns olive garden and longhorn steakhouse restaurants rose to 249 billion from 227 billion wall street analysts expected darden to earn 144 a share on revenue of 243 billion according to consensus estimates from factset darden now expects 2023 earnings of 760 to 8 a share compared to