Darden Restaurants beat Wall Street's expectations for quarterly earnings, but its revenue fell short of estimates. Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse reported weaker-than-expected same-store sales growth.

Darden Restaurants (DRI) shares leapt Thursday despite it posting weaker-than-expected revenues in the last quarter after disappointing sales

Darden Restaurants Inc (NYSE:DRI) reported its third-quarter earnings yesterday. Sales of $3.158 billion missed the consensus estimate. The following are the comments from different analysts regarding the company’s performance.