For the quarter ended December 2025, Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) reported revenue of $975.22 million, up 0.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.26, compared to $0.38 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $981.54 million, representing a surprise of -0.64%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +6.12%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.25.
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.
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 Bloomin' Brands performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Comparable restaurant sales - U.S. - Bonefish Grill: -0.1% compared to the -0.3% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Number of restaurants - System-wide total: 1,460 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 1,470.
- Comparable restaurant sales - U.S. - Fleming?s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar: 0.1% versus the four-analyst average estimate of 1%.
- Comparable restaurant sales - U.S. - Carrabba?s Italian Grill: 1.6% versus the four-analyst average estimate of 2.5%.
- Comparable restaurant sales - U.S. - Outback Steakhouse: -0.6% versus the four-analyst average estimate of 0.8%.
- Geographic Revenue- Total U.S.: $957.42 million compared to the $964.31 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Geographic Revenue- Total U.S.- Franchise and other revenues: $9.36 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $8.91 million.
- Geographic Revenue- Total U.S.- Restaurant sales: $948.06 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $955.4 million.
- Geographic Revenue- International Franchise- Franchise revenues: $7.82 million compared to the $9.02 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Revenues- Restaurant sales: $958.03 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $965 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +0.6%.
- Revenues- Franchise and other revenues: $17.2 million versus $18.15 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -13.7% change.
- Revenues- All other revenues: $9.99 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $9.69 million.
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Shares of Bloomin' Brands have returned -12.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.3% 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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