Brinker International (EAT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brinker International in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings, 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" EAT shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EAT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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17 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Brinker International's stock. Their EAT share price targets range from $31.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $46.06 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.2%.
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Brinker International's stock was trading at $43.18 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, EAT stock has increased by 27.3% and is now trading at $54.95.
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Brinker International saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,380,000 shares, an increase of 26.2% from the March 31st total of 5,850,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.6 days. Currently, 17.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 21st 2024.
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Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 30th. The restaurant operator reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.09. The restaurant operator earned $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion. Brinker International had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 113.41% and a net margin of 3.63%. Brinker International's revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.23 earnings per share.

ETFs with the largest weight of Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) stock in their portfolio include AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF (EATZ), Invesco Leisure and Entertainment ETF (PEJ) and Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD).Texas Capital Texas Equity Index ETF (TXS).

Brinker International issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.800-4.000 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.690. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.3 billion-$4.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.3 billion.

980 employees have rated Brinker International Chief Executive Officer Wyman Roberts on Glassdoor.com. Wyman Roberts has an approval rating of 72% among the company's employees.

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Brinker International's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.52%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.40%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (0.04%), Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.03%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Daniel S Fuller, Douglas N Comings, Joseph G Taylor, Prashant Ranade, Rick Badgley, Steve Provost, Wade Allen and Wyman Roberts.
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