JPMorgan lowered the firm’s price target on Darden to $176 from $180 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares following the fiscal Q3 report. The analyst says the company was caught off guard by lower income softness. Darden’s trends in February improved but at a lower than expected rate as the lower income consumer pulled back in spending across restaurants broadly, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
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