Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

For the quarter ended September 2025, Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) reported revenue of $928.81 million, down 10.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at -$0.03, compared to $0.21 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.18% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $900.17 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.12, the EPS surprise was +75%.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

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 Bloomin' Brands performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Number of restaurants - System-wide total: 1,483 versus 1,482 estimated by four analysts on average.
• Comparable restaurant sales - U.S. - Fleming?s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar: 1.2% versus the four-analyst average estimate of 1.8%.
• Comparable restaurant sales - U.S. - Carrabba?s Italian Grill: 4.1% versus the four-analyst average estimate of 1.9%.
• Comparable restaurant sales - U.S. - Outback Steakhouse: 0.4% versus the four-analyst average estimate of -0.4%.
• Comparable restaurant sales - U.S. - Combined U.S.: 1.2% versus -0.3% estimated by four analysts on average.
• Geographic Revenue- Total U.S.: $912.28 million compared to the $889.81 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Geographic Revenue- Total U.S.- Franchise and other revenues: $9.73 million versus $9.07 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Geographic Revenue- Total U.S.- Restaurant sales: $902.54 million versus $880.74 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Geographic Revenue- International Franchise- Franchise revenues: $7.15 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $9.17 million.
• Revenues- Restaurant sales: $911.92 million versus $880.43 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -11% change.
• Revenues- Franchise and other revenues: $16.89 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $17.88 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +23.5%.
• Revenues- All other revenues: $9.39 million compared to the $8.84 million average estimate based on two analysts.

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Shares of Bloomin' Brands have returned -4.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.

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