Darden’s Growth Leans on LongHorn as Olive Garden Seeks More Visits
Darden Restaurants sells meals mainly to U.S. diners through Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse and other full-service restaurant brands. In its first quarter of fiscal 2027, ended August 30, 2026, sales rose 5.1%, but LongHorn supplied most of the increase while Olive Garden served fewer guests at comparable restaurants.
Lennar’s Land Strategy Still Needs Cash as Home Profits Shrink
Lennar builds and sells homes and helps buyers arrange mortgages and complete their purchases. In its third fiscal quarter, ended August 31, 2026, lower prices and higher land costs helped cut net earnings by 52%, despite faster construction.
KB Home’s Return to Built-to-Order Homes Still Depends on Borrowing
KB Home sells new houses, often allowing buyers to choose their layout and finishes before construction begins. In its fiscal third quarter ended August 31, 2026, this return to building mainly after a sale helped improve profitability from the preceding quarter, but earnings remained well below a year earlier.
Domino’s Supply Chain Lifts Profit as Growth at Existing Stores Slows
Domino’s Pizza earns money by charging franchisees for its brand and services, supplying stores with food and packaging, and operating a small number of restaurants itself.
AES’s Profit Recovery Has Not Removed Its Need for Outside Funding
AES sells electricity to utilities, businesses and households, and develops power projects for customers. Its second quarter of 2026 showed a real improvement in the power business.
Why Synchrony’s Higher Card Spending Did Not Lift Profit
Synchrony Financial earns interest and fees by financing purchases at retailers, online merchants, and healthcare providers. In the second quarter of 2026, purchases financed by the company rose 8.1%, but net profit fell 8.5% to $885 million.
Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO) Q1 FY2027: Development write-down drives operating loss
Revenue rose 2% as a write-down tied to canceled game development pushed operating results into a loss.
Citizens’ Profit Recovery Comes With Greater Funding Needs
Citizens Financial Group earns interest by lending to households and businesses, and fees for services such as managing wealth and arranging corporate deals. In the second quarter of 2026, net income rose 35% to $587 million, but first-half lending grew faster than deposits, increasing borrowing and capital needs.
Cardinal Health’s Specialty Expansion Lifts Profit and Raises Future Cash Needs
Cardinal Health supplies medicines and medical products to pharmacies, hospitals and other care providers, and increasingly helps run specialty physician practices.
CF Industries’ Higher Fertilizer Prices Outweigh Falling Sales Volumes
CF Industries sells ammonia and other nitrogen products to fertilizer suppliers and industrial customers. In the second quarter of 2026, higher selling prices helped lift profit attributable to common shareholders to $727 million from $386 million a year earlier, despite shipping fewer tons.
NextEra Energy’s Growing Power Business Needs More Outside Funding
NextEra Energy sells electricity to Florida homes and businesses through Florida Power & Light, and develops power, storage, transmission and fuel businesses through NextEra Energy Resources.
Kimberly-Clark’s Savings and Tariff Refunds Lift Operating Profit as Sales Growth Slows
Kimberly-Clark sells diapers, tissues, incontinence products and other everyday care supplies to retailers and professional customers. In the second quarter of 2026, savings and one-time tariff refunds helped operating profit rise 6.9%, although sales excluding currency changes, divestitures and business exits slipped 0.1%.