Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. is a restaurant company that owns, operates and franchises a portfolio of casual dining and upscale-casual restaurant concepts. Its brands include Outback Steakhouse, known for steaks and other Australian-inspired menu offerings; Carrabba’s Italian Grill, which specializes in Italian-American cuisine; Bonefish Grill, focused on seafood and grilled dishes; and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, which offers prime steaks, seafood and wine. The company also operates additional concepts, including Aussie Grill and Tender Shack.

Bloomin’ Brands serves customers primarily in the United States, with restaurants and franchise operations in select international markets. Its restaurants generally provide dine-in, takeout, delivery and catering services, depending on the brand and location.

The company traces its history to the opening of the first Outback Steakhouse in Tampa, Florida, in 1988. Bloomin’ Brands was founded by Tim Gannon, Bob Basham and Chris Sullivan and later developed into a multi-brand restaurant operator through expansion and acquisitions, including the addition of Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.92 to $8.45
• 50-Day Range: $7.94 to $11.85
• 52-Week Range: $5.19 to $12.63
• Volume: 2.51 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.98 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $721.79 million
• P/E Ratio: 27.19
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $9.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Bloomin' Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bloomin' Brands scored higher than 47% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 327th out of 473 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Bloomin' Brands has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, no buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Bloomin' Brands has a consensus price target of $9.75, representing about 15.7% upside from its current price of $8.43.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bloomin' Brands has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Bloomin' Brands are expected to remain at $0.98 per share in the coming year.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Bloomin' Brands is 27.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Bloomin' Brands is 27.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.30.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Bloomin' Brands has a PEG Ratio of 2.08. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Bloomin' Brands has a P/B Ratio of 2.13. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

10.09% of the float of Bloomin' Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Bloomin' Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.89.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Bloomin' Brands has recently increased by 9.81%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Bloomin' Brands does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Bloomin' Brands does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Bloomin' Brands is 193.55%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Bloomin' Brands will have a dividend payout ratio of 61.22% next year. This indicates that Bloomin' Brands will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.77

News Sentiment

Bloomin' Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.77. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Bloomin' Brands this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for BLMN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Bloomin' Brands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Bloomin' Brands insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.18% of the stock of Bloomin' Brands is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Bloomin' Brands has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Today: 9/21/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:BLMN
• CIK: 1546417
• Web: www.bloominbrands.com
• Phone: (813) 282-1225
• Fax: 813-286-2247
• Employees: 64,000
• Year Founded: 1988

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Bloomin' Brands: $9.75
• High Price Target: $12.00
• Low Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.31
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 27.19
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.60
• P/E Growth: 2.08
• Net Income: $8.24 million
• Net Margins: 0.70%
• Pretax Margin: 0.02%
• Return on Equity: 28.95%
• Return on Assets: 3.47%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.62
• Current Ratio: 0.25
• Quick Ratio: 0.18

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.98 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.18
• Cash Flow: $3.96 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.13
• Book Value: $3.96 per share
• Price / Book: 2.13

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 85,621,000
• Free Float: 84,611,000
• Market Cap: $721.79 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.23