ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI) on Friday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $193.2 million.

On a per-share basis, the Orlando, Florida-based company said it had profit of $1.48.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.43 per share.

The owner of Olive Garden and other chain restaurants posted revenue of $2.27 billion in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Nine analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.22 billion.

Darden Restaurants expects full-year earnings to be $7.35 to $7.60 per share, with revenue in the range of $9.55 billion to $9.7 billion.

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