1. Darden Restaurants Company Analysis
Florida International Summer 2011
Vanessa Albornoz
Craig Wright

2. Portfolio

3. Management… Daisy Ng Clarence Otis Jr. Drew Madison Brad Richmond
Valerie Collins

4. Orlando, FL

5. What’s new? “Synergy” restaurant concept Leadership changes
Growth despite bad economy
Best 100 companies to work for- Forbes

6. The business model… Full service dining Diverse brand offerings
“the world’s largest company-owned and operated full-service restaurant company”
Darden
Olive Garden
Capital Grille
Bahama Breeze
Red Lobster
Seasons 52
Longhorn Steakhouse

7. Let’s talk money…

8. Key Ratios… 2011 2010 Current Ratio 0.52> 0.54>
Debt/Equity Ratio
0.85>
0.89>
EBITBA (margin %)
26.08>
25.13>
Operating ROI (%)
20.73>
18.18>

9. Cash is King... 2011 2010 From Operations 894,700 903,400
From Investing
(552,700)
(428,700)
From Financing
(521,000)
(290,000)
Net Earnings
476,300
404,500

10. Investing…

11. Definitely invest!