Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.200-1.400 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.280. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Bloomin' Brands also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.220-0.270 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on BLMN shares. StockNews.com raised Bloomin' Brands from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, March 7th. Barclays reduced their price objective on Bloomin' Brands from $9.00 to $8.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Bank of America cut Bloomin' Brands from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $18.00 to $13.00 in a research note on Monday, January 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price objective on shares of Bloomin' Brands from $13.00 to $10.00 and set a "sell" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on Bloomin' Brands from $16.00 to $12.00 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and ten have assigned a hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Bloomin' Brands presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $13.75.

Bloomin' Brands Price Performance

Bloomin' Brands stock traded up $1.25 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $8.55. 2,888,572 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,011,641. The company has a market capitalization of $726.33 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -78.04 and a beta of 1.30. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $7.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is $11.00. Bloomin' Brands has a 1 year low of $6.09 and a 1 year high of $24.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.46, a quick ratio of 0.22 and a current ratio of 0.31.

Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 7th. The restaurant operator reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.02. Bloomin' Brands had a negative net margin of 0.12% and a positive return on equity of 62.18%. The company had revenue of $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.04 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.70 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was down 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts anticipate that Bloomin' Brands will post 1.8 EPS for the current year.

Bloomin' Brands Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.02%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 20th. Bloomin' Brands's dividend payout ratio is currently -2,000.00%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Patrick M. Hafner sold 9,555 shares of Bloomin' Brands stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.32, for a total value of $79,497.60. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 3.00% of the company's stock.

Bloomin' Brands Company Profile

Bloomin' Brands, Inc engages in the acquisition, operation, design, and development of restaurant concepts. It operates through the U.S. and International geographical segments. The U.S. segment operates in the USA and Puerto Rico. The International segment operates in Brazil, South Korea, Hong Kong, and China.