News about <![CDATA[dri]]> News about en-us <![CDATA[Miller Tabak Raises Price Target on Darden Restaurants; Sees 10% Upside (DRI)]]> <![CDATA[Miller Tabak Boosts Target on Darden to $59, Cites Easy Comps at Red Lobster, LongHorn]]> Miller Tabak's Stephen Anderson increased his price target on Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) from $54 to $59 Monday. The analyst believes the company's sales will exceed those of its competitors.

Anderson said, "As we expect DRI to continue its value focus, we anticipate above-peer traffic growth in

]]> <![CDATA[UPDATE: Miller Tabak Raises PT on Darden Restaurants on Earlier Returns to Positive Comps]]> In a report published on Monday, Miller Tabak analyst Stephen Anderson raised the price target on Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) from $54 to $59 and maintained a Buy rating.

In the report, Miller Tabak noted, "we now think the pivot point for positive comps at the company's three mass-market

]]> <![CDATA[Finding Dividend Stars Among Consumer Cyclicals]]> <![CDATA[Can Deals Still Draw Restaurant Traffic? – Analyst Blog]]> <![CDATA[Dividend Highlights/Lowlights for April 10]]> <![CDATA[10 Big-Name Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Next Week (April 8-12)]]> <![CDATA[Darden Stays Underperform – Analyst Blog]]> <![CDATA[Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of April]]> Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. In flat or choppy markets, you have to be extremely careful, and may need to avoid the technique during those times.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. The list contains many dividend paying companies, all with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.

American Tower Corp (AMT) 4/8/13 1.4%

Brady Corp (BRC) 4/8/13 2.2%

Darden Restaurants (DRI) 4/8/13 4.0%

Ethan Allen (ETH) 4/8/13 1.1%

FEI Company (FEIC) 4/8/13 0.5%

General Mills (GIS) 4/8/13 3.2%

The Gap Inc. (GPS) 4/8/13 1.7%

InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC) 4/8/13 0.9%

Intuit Inc. (INTU) 4/8/13 1.0%

Marsh & McLennan Corporation (MMC) 4/8/13 2.5%

OGE Energy (OGE) 4/8/13 2.4%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List
Record date: the day when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Updated
Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com
]]> <![CDATA[Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of April]]> <![CDATA[Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of April]]> Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. In flat or choppy markets, you have to be extremely careful, and may need to avoid the technique during those times.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. The list contains many dividend paying companies, all with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.

American Tower Corp (AMT) 4/8/13 1.4%

Brady Corp (BRC) 4/8/13 2.2%

Darden Restaurants (DRI) 4/8/13 4.0%

Ethan Allen (ETH) 4/8/13 1.1%

FEI Company (FEIC) 4/8/13 0.5%

General Mills (GIS) 4/8/13 3.2%

The Gap Inc. (GPS) 4/8/13 1.7%

InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC) 4/8/13 0.9%

Intuit Inc. (INTU) 4/8/13 1.0%

Marsh & McLennan Corporation (MMC) 4/8/13 2.5%

OGE Energy (OGE) 4/8/13 2.4%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List

Record date: the day when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Updated

Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com
]]> <![CDATA[Stock Downgrades: Apollo Investment an Appalling Investment?]]> <![CDATA[The 'Two Year Cell Phone Contract' Days Might be Numbered]]> Cell phone users (or at least those paying the bill) will be happy about this news. Those stupid two year contracts everybody has to sign might soon come to an end.

Keep your “glass half full” attitude for a minute. Think back to the days when your gym required a contract.

]]> <![CDATA[Bear of the Day: Darden (DRI) – Bear of the Day]]> <![CDATA[Dividend Highlights/Lowlights for Mar. 25]]> <![CDATA[Tightening Consumer Spending Eats Away at Restaurants’ Profits (DRI, EAT, MCD, YUM, more)]]> <![CDATA[UPDATE: Oppenheimer Raises PT on Darden Restaurants Awaiting Better Sales Trends]]> In a report published Monday, Oppenheimer analyst Brian Bittner reiterated an Outperform rating on Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), and raised the price target from $51.00 to $54.00.

In the report, Bittner noted, “DRI remains a ‘show me' story as investors await better sales trends, but downside to stock likely

]]> <![CDATA[Company News for March 25, 2013 – Corporate Summary]]> <![CDATA[Stock Upgrades: You're in Good Hands With Allstate]]> <![CDATA[Barron's Recap (3/23/13): World's Best CEOs]]> This weekend in Barron's online: the annual list of the best chief executives in the world, and the prospects for Darden Restaurants, Sarepta Therapeutics and Seacor Holdings.

Cover Story

"World's Best CEOs" by Andrew Bary.

Barron's ninth annual list of the 30 best chief executives in the world includes leaders whose companies

]]> <![CDATA[Miller Tabak Reiterates Buy on Darden Restaurants on 3Q13 Earnings Report]]> In a report published Friday, Miller Tabak analyst Stephen Anderson reiterated a Buy rating and $54.00 price target on Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI).

In the report, Anderson noted, “In our view, the most salient point from today's conference call was that industry-wide same-restaurant sales so far in March have

]]> <![CDATA[Morgan Stanley Reiterates Equal-Weight on Darden Restaurants on 3Q13 Results]]> In a report published Friday, Morgan Stanley analyst John Glass reiterated an Equal-Weight rating and $45.00 price target on Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI).

In the report, Glass noted, “DRI reported 3Q13 results of $1.02 (inc $0.02 from YH acquisition) on -4.6% blended comps for OG, RL and LH. FY13

]]> <![CDATA[Darden’s 3Q Earnings Fall, Outlook Weak – Analyst Blog]]> <![CDATA[Darden Restaurants Edges Earnings Estimates, Down on Guidance]]> Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) edged earnings estimates during the third quarter.

The Orlando, Florida-based firm posted EPS of $1.02, down over 18 percent year-over-year. However, it edged the Wall Street consensus of $1.01 per share.

Third quarter revenue climbed 4.6 percent year-over-year and matched analysts' expectations of $2.26

]]> <![CDATA[Stock Downgrades: For Vail Resorts, It's All Downhill From Here]]> <![CDATA[Stock Upgrades: Ryder on Yellow Brick Road to Riches]]> <![CDATA[Panera Has Analysts Eating Out of the Palm of its Hand]]> Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) received more positive analyst coverage Friday morning.

Bernstein initiated coverage with an Outperform and $190 price target. This follows an upgrade to Outperform from BMO Capital with a $190 price target citing compelling valuation.

On March 7, Jefferies maintained its Buy rating and raised

]]> <![CDATA[Zacks Rank #5 Additions for Friday – Tale of the Tape]]> <![CDATA[Darden Restaurants Q3 Profit Falls 18% But Beats Expectations (DRI)]]> <![CDATA[UPDATE: Darden Posts Upbeat Q3 Profit]]> Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) reported a drop in its third-quarter profit.

Darden's quarterly profit declined to $134.5 million, or $1.02 per share versus $164.1 million or $1.25 per share, in the year-ago period. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $1.01 per share.

Its sales climbed 4.6% to $2.26

]]> <![CDATA[Benzinga Market Primer: Friday, March 22]]> Futures Flat As Cyprus Debates Bailout, ECB Deadline Looms

U.S. equity futures were flat in early pre-market trade as Cypriot lawmakers continued to debate the revised bailout procedure. After rejecting the initial bailout proposal and failing to secure a bridge loan from Russia, Cyprus now must come up with a plan

]]> <![CDATA[Stocks to watch: BlackBerry to launch Z10 in U.S.]]> <![CDATA[Earnings Expectations for the Week of March 18]]> Here is a quick look at what analysts expect to see from FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Nike (NYSE: NKE) and some of the other most prominent quarterly reports scheduled for this week.

FedEx

Third-quarter fiscal 2013 earnings from this ostensible economic bellwether are expected

]]> <![CDATA[Trading Radar: FOMC Decision Is the Focus]]> <![CDATA[The Week Ahead: Earnings from General Mills, Oracle]]> The third week of March will be short on earnings releases and lacking in major economic reports. Nevertheless, investors should keep an eye on key earnings reports from Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and General Mills (NYSE: GIS). On the economics front, housing numbers will dominate the discussion,

]]> <![CDATA[What’s Cooking at Darden Restaurants: Fishy Explanations for Profit Shortfalls]]> <![CDATA[Waitress??!! Where’s the Casual Dining Stock Rally We Ordered?]]> <![CDATA[The Top 20 African-American CEOs in Business Today]]> It didn't take very long for Benzinga to identify dozens of the top African-American heads of big-name American firms, despite an overall lack of representation in the higher levels of business. The black CEOs on our list come from all corners of the country and lead public and private companies

]]> <![CDATA[Earnings Expectations for the Week of March 11]]> The earnings stage remains fairly quiet this week, though a scattering of retailers are scheduled to share their most recent results. The most prominent of those are S&P 500 components Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) and Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN). Analysts on average expect year-over-year growth of

]]> <![CDATA[Darden Reduces Fiscal 2013 Outlook – Analyst Blog]]> <![CDATA[24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 1, 2013: Markets Struggle to Small Gains (DB, V, DRI, BUD, ADSK, BODY, CTIC, CLNE, DECK, GPS, MCP, PANW, SD, BBY, ARNA, BYD, SSYS, RIG, GRPN, MTG, IEP)]]> DailyFinance.com: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a number of disappointing data releases in Europe and Asia. Eurozone PMI remains on the pessimistic side, with a reading of 47.9, and the unemployment rate ticked higher to 11.9% (more coverage ... Read more]]> <![CDATA[UBS Downgrades Darden Restaurants (DRI)]]> <![CDATA[Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AL, ALU, AIG, AFL, BUD, ADSK, DRI, DB, DUK, HA, ILMN, IP, ISRG, NWL, NCLH, CRM, SQNM, TEF, V)]]> DailyFinance.com: These are some of this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Air Lease Corp. (NYSE: AL) named Bull of the Day as "earnings takeoff" at Zacks. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) raised to Market ... Read more]]> <![CDATA[Darden to Grow in Latin America – Analyst Blog]]> <![CDATA[Don't Worry About Olive Garden's Rebranding, The Breadsticks Will Remain]]> Because it’s worked so well for J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), Best Buy (NASDAQ: BBY), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and RIM (sorry, Blackberry)(NYSE: BBRY), now another well-known brand is going to try it too.

Olive Garden, one of the restaurant chains owned by Darden Restaurants

]]> <![CDATA[UPDATE: Miller Tabak Cuts PT to $54 on Darden Restaurants on Choppy Earnings Environment]]> Miller Tabak maintained Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) with a Buy rating and lowered the price target from $55.00 to $54.00.

Miller Tabak commented, "We reiterate our Buy rating on Darden Restaurants (DRI) following this week's investor conference as we argue management is laying the groundwork for a longer-lasting turnaround

]]> <![CDATA[Strange Business: First Space Tourist Now Envisions Trip Around Mars]]> <![CDATA[UPDATE: J.P. Morgan Reiterates Neutral Rating, Lowers PT on Darden Restaurants Following Analyst Conference]]> In a report published Wednesday, J.P. Morgan reiterated its Neutral rating on Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), but lowered its price target from $50.00 to $45.00.

J.P. Morgan noted, “Darden is growing an industry high 100 new full service units in F13 (ex-Yard House), for 5% unit growth and up

]]> <![CDATA[Jefferies Lowers Price Target on Darden (DRI)]]> <![CDATA[Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (MDRX, BIIB, DRI, FLSR, GOOG, GTI, LNKD, MWE, NOK, OPEN, PKG, PCLN, RSH, VRSN, NCLH)]]> DailyFinance.com: These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) raised to Outperform with $15 price target at Credit ... Read more]]>