Activist investor Jeff Smith: How Starboard 'lights a fire' under Corporate America [Yahoo! Finance Canada]
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"We make investments in companies that aren't performing all that well," Starboard Value CEO Jeff Smith said at Yahoo Finance's Invest 2025 . "The biggest impact we're having is we're lighting a fire under a management team to do more faster than they would have otherwise done." Smith said that instinct to make things "run better" is deeply ingrained. "I've learned this about myself, that I need things to be more efficient," he said. "It doesn't matter where I am or what I'm looking at, I have to analyze the best way, the most efficient plan forward." That mindset, he added, once helped him win a bet with his now-wife during a walk across Manhattan — finding a route home without hitting a single red light. Smith has long been regarded as one of Wall Street's most forceful and disciplined activist investors. His name first made national headlines in 2014, when Starboard ousted the entire board of Darden Restaurants ( DRI ) after unveiling a 294-page presentation that dissect
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- Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $239.00 to $232.00. They now have a "buy" rating on the stock.MarketBeat
- Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) was downgraded by analysts at <a style="font-weight:bold" href="https://weissratings.com/">Weiss Ratings</a> from a "buy (b-)" rating to a "hold (c+)" rating.MarketBeat
- Why The Narrative Around Darden Is Shifting After Analyst and Earnings Updates [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) was given a new $185.00 price target on by analysts at Mizuho.MarketBeat
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DRI
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- 9/18/25 - Beat
DRI
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- 11/25/25 - Form 4
- 11/25/25 - Form 4
- 11/12/25 - Form 4
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