Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) Issues Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN - Get Free Report) updated its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.220-0.270 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.370. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Bloomin' Brands also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.200-1.400 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. UBS Group lowered their target price on Bloomin' Brands from $13.00 to $8.50 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, May 5th. Bank of America lowered Bloomin' Brands from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $18.00 to $13.00 in a research report on Monday, January 27th. StockNews.com upgraded Bloomin' Brands from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, March 7th. Barclays cut their price target on Bloomin' Brands from $9.00 to $8.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on Bloomin' Brands from $13.00 to $10.00 and set a "sell" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and ten have given a hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $13.75.

Bloomin' Brands Price Performance

Bloomin' Brands stock traded up $1.25 on Monday, reaching $8.55. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,888,572 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,011,641. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.46, a quick ratio of 0.22 and a current ratio of 0.31. The company has a market cap of $726.33 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -78.04 and a beta of 1.30. The business's fifty day moving average price is $7.85 and its 200 day moving average price is $11.00. Bloomin' Brands has a twelve month low of $6.09 and a twelve month high of $24.50.

Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The restaurant operator reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.04 billion. Bloomin' Brands had a positive return on equity of 62.18% and a negative net margin of 0.12%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.70 earnings per share. Equities analysts expect that Bloomin' Brands will post 1.8 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Bloomin' Brands Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Bloomin' Brands

In other news, EVP Patrick M. Hafner sold 9,555 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.32, for a total transaction of $79,497.60. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Insiders own 3.00% of the company's stock.

About Bloomin' Brands

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.