dri is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on thursday  20210923 heres what investors need to know before the announcement analysts estimate that darden restaurants will likely report an earnings per share eps of 163 darden restaurants bulls will hope to hear the company to announce theyve not only beaten that estimate but also to provide positive guidance or forecasted growth for the next quarter new investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock but the guidance or forecast last quarter the company beat on eps by 1341 which was followed by a 305 increase in the share price the next day heres a look at darden restaurantss past performance and the resulting price change shares of darden restaurants were trading at 14651 as of september 21 over the last 52week period shares are up 5258 given that these returns are generally positive longterm shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release to track all upcoming earnings announcements click here to use benzinga earnings calendar