For the quarter ended December 2025, Brinker International (EAT) reported revenue of $1.45 billion, up 6.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.87, compared to $2.80 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.44% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.4 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.53, the EPS surprise was +13.39%.
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.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
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: 8.6% compared to the 5.2% average estimate based on six analysts.
- Total restaurants - Brinker International: 1,627 versus 1,633 estimated by six analysts on average.
- Company owned restaurants - Total: 1,160 versus the six-analyst average estimate of 1,240.
- Comparable Restaurant Sales - Maggiano's - YoY change: -2.4% versus the five-analyst average estimate of -5.5%.
- Revenue- Company sales: $1.44 billion versus $1.39 billion estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6.9% change.
- Revenue- Franchise and other revenues: $13.4 million versus $13.25 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +10.7% change.
- Revenue- Company sales- Chili's: $1.3 billion compared to the $1.25 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +9% year over year.
- Revenue- Company sales- Maggiano's: $134.7 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $135.44 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -9.7%.
- Revenue- Franchise revenues- Chili?s: $13.2 million compared to the $13.06 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +10.9% year over year.
- Revenue- Chili's: $1.32 billion versus $1.26 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9% change.
- Revenue- Franchise revenues- Maggiano's: $0.2 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $0.2 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of 0%.
- Revenue- Maggiano's: $134.9 million versus $137.94 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -9.7% change.
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Shares of Brinker International have returned +10.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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