For the quarter ended September 2025, Brinker International (EAT) reported revenue of $1.35 billion, up 18.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.93, compared to $0.95 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.33 billion, representing a surprise of +1.21%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +9.66%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.76.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Brinker International performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Comparable Restaurant Sales - Chili's - YoY change: 21.4% versus 19.7% estimated by six analysts on average.
- Total restaurants - Brinker International: 1,630 versus the six-analyst average estimate of 1,630.
- Company owned restaurants - Total: 1,161 versus 1,161 estimated by six analysts on average.
- Comparable Restaurant Sales - Maggiano's - YoY change: -6.4% versus the five-analyst average estimate of -1%.
- Revenue- Company sales: $1.34 billion compared to the $1.32 billion average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +18.5% year over year.
- Revenue- Franchise and other revenues: $13.8 million versus $13.38 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +18% change.
- Revenue- Company sales- Chili's: $1.24 billion compared to the $1.22 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +21.3% year over year.
- Revenue- Company sales- Maggiano's: $99.2 million versus $105.46 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -8.5% change.
- Revenue- Franchise revenues- Chili?s: $13.5 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $13.34 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +17.4%.
- Revenue- Chili's: $1.25 billion versus $1.23 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +21.3% change.
- Revenue- Franchise revenues- Maggiano's: $0.3 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $0.15 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +50%.
- Revenue- Maggiano's: $99.5 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $106.43 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -8.4%.
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Shares of Brinker International have returned -1.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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