Author: Godwin Gwetu
123jump.com
Last Update: 2:37 AM EDT July 08 2008
The restaurant company reported Q4 sales from continuing of $1.83 billion versus $1.46 billion in the year ago quarter. The sales increase was fueled by sales from LongHorn Steakhouse and The Capital Grille brands and strong new and same-restaurant sales growth at Olive Garden. The Q4 diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations increased 7% to 72 cents versus 67 cents in the fourth quarter fiscal 2007. The company expects to open about 75 to 80 net new restaurants in fiscal 2009.
Sources: Data collected by 123jump.com and Ticker.com from company press releases, filings and corporate websites.
Market data: BATS Exchange. Inc.
350 Fund Managers Interviews - 10-year Annual earnings on 4,600 U.S. companies - 20-quarter Earnings on 3,800 U.S. companies - 3,200 U.S. IPO Prospectuses
- 2,100 Economic data releases from U.S., EU, UK, India, HK and Australia. 10-year Annual reports on 3,500 U.S. companies -
U.S. Earnings Calendar with 4,800 companies - 90,000 10-K reports - 26,000 Global markets news archive - 2,200 Earnings Conference Call Summaries
