Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Brinker International, Inc. EAT
$194.16 -3.88% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $8.66B
High qualityStrong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 83 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $10.87, up 30.8% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $5.81B, up 7.9% from a year earlier, slowing from 11.8% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
Growth69Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 33%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 27%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 41%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 15%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 11%
Quality84Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 7%
- Gross marginBottom 17%
- Operating marginTop 33%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 43%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 38%
- Interest coverTop 21%
Value56Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 38%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 45%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 48%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 38%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 50%
Momentum83Strong
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 7%
- 6-month returnTop 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 10%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 42%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Revisions31Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 42%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 43%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 49%
Stability65Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 34%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 22%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 38%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.8% | 7.9% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 40.8% | 30.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 18.2% | 18.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 10.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 7.7% | 9.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.9% | 11.8% | ↓ | Top 33% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 30.8% | 40.8% | ↓ | Top 27% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 18.2% | ↑ | Bottom 17% |
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 9.5% | ↑ | Top 33% |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 7.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.6% | 7.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 22.8% | — | Top 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 12.0% | — | Top 15% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.62×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.96×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 15.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.12%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.12%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 24, 2026 (filed Aug 19, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +6.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $254.12
- Target vs current price
- +30.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 49
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 55%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -0.6% | +11.1% | +6.4% | -2.7% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +1.8% | +14.4% | +12.2% | +9.6% | +44.8% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | +13.4% | -0.4% | +3.9% | -7.9% | -8.5% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +9.7% | -7.5% | -15.8% | +20.5% | +26.7% |
| Aug 13, 2025 | +2.5% | +1.6% | -0.7% | -0.2% | -33.2% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +7.3% | -14.8% | -19.9% | +2.8% | -5.2% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | +104.4% | +16.3% | +21.6% | +3.5% | +1.7% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +37.7% | +7.5% | +13.2% | +34.6% | +59.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | $3.07 | $3.09 | -0.6% | $1.54B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $2.90 | $2.85 | +1.8% | $1.47B |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $2.87 | $2.53 | +13.4% | $1.45B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.93 | $1.76 | +9.7% | $1.35B |
| Aug 13, 2025 | $2.49 | $2.43 | +2.5% | $1.46B |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $2.66 | $2.48 | +7.3% | $1.43B |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $2.80 | $1.37 | +104.4% | $1.36B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.95 | $0.69 | +37.7% | $1.14B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 17.9× | 15.9× | 52th | Top 38% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.3× | — | — | Top 48% |
| EV / Sales | 1.78× | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.44% | — | — | Top 45% |
| Earnings yield | 5.60% | — | — | Top 38% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.2× – 31.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +52.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +30.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +12.9%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 83
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -11.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +14.1%
- RSI (14)
- 38.9
- Relative volume
- 1.04×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 47.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 58th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.68
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.20
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -23.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -45.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2021 | Jun 30, 2022 | -71.7% | 327 days | 560 days (Sep 23, 2024) |
| Feb 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | -45.9% | 192 days | 168 days (Jul 13, 2026) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | -23.8% | 26 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -14.0% | 9 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Jan 25, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -13.6% | 2 days | 6 days (Feb 4, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $8.66B
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $10.87
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.81B
- 52-week range
- $100.30 – $254.99
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.80B | $4.13B | $4.42B | $5.38B | $5.81B |
| Gross profit | $499.2M | $500.1M | $627.3M | $982.4M | $1.08B |
| Operating income | $159.5M | $144.4M | $229.6M | $512.0M | $619.9M |
| Net income | $117.6M | $102.6M | $155.3M | $383.1M | $487.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.58 | $2.28 | $3.40 | $8.32 | $10.87 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.14B | $1.36B | $1.43B | $1.46B | $1.35B | $1.45B | $1.47B | $1.54B |
| Net income | $38.5M | $118.5M | $119.1M | $107.0M | $99.5M | $128.5M | $127.9M | $131.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.84 | $2.61 | $2.56 | $2.30 | $2.17 | $2.87 | $2.87 | $2.96 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $252.2M | $256.3M | $421.9M | $679.0M | $789.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$150.3M | -$184.9M | -$198.9M | -$265.3M | -$231.9M |
| Free cash flow | $101.9M | $71.4M | $223.0M | $413.7M | $557.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$1.1M | -$600,000 | -$200,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$100.5M | $7.5M | $2.1M | -$81.9M | -$443.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $110.0M
- Total assets
- $2.81B
- Total liabilities
- $2.37B
- Total debt
- $1.76B
- Net debt
- $1.65B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $443.7M
As of Jun 24, 2026 (filed Aug 19, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2020 | $0.38 | Mar 26, 2020 |
| Dec 5, 2019 | $0.38 | Dec 26, 2019 |
| Sep 5, 2019 | $0.38 | Sep 26, 2019 |
| Jun 6, 2019 | $0.38 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| Mar 7, 2019 | $0.38 | Mar 28, 2019 |
| Dec 6, 2018 | $0.38 | Dec 27, 2018 |
| Sep 6, 2018 | $0.38 | Sep 27, 2018 |
| Jun 7, 2018 | $0.38 | Jun 28, 2018 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,554,198
- Days to cover
- 5.19
- Change vs previous report
- -0.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 1, 2006
- 3-for-2
- Jan 17, 2001
- 3-for-2
- Mar 31, 1994
- 3-for-2
- May 14, 1993
- 3-for-2
- Nov 27, 1991
- 3-for-2