Brinker International (EAT) Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brinker International in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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16 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Brinker International's stock. Their EAT share price forecasts range from $28.00 to $48.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $37.81 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.3%.
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Brinker International's stock was trading at $31.91 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EAT stock has increased by 25.1% and is now trading at $39.92.
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Brinker International saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,060,000 shares, a decrease of 15.9% from the April 30th total of 6,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,020,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.0 days. Currently, 11.7% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 23rd 2023.
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Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The restaurant operator reported $1.23 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.06. The restaurant operator earned $1.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.07 billion. Brinker International had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 44.32% and a net margin of 2.17%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.92 EPS.

ETFs with the largest weight of Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) stock in their portfolio include AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF (EATZ), Invesco Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment ETF (PEJ), Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD), First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FYC), iShares US Small Cap Value Factor ETF (SVAL), Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Revenue ETF (RWJ), iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS) and Fidelity Small-Mid Cap Opportunities ETF (FSMO).

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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EAT."

Brinker International's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.88%), FMR LLC (14.92%), Franklin Resources Inc. (7.76%), State Street Corp (3.80%), Balyasny Asset Management L.P. (3.14%) and Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.37%). Insiders that own company stock include Charles A Lousignont, Daniel S Fuller, Douglas N Comings, Frances L Allen, Harriet Edelman, Joseph G Taylor, Kelly C Baltes, Michaela M Ware, Pankaj K Patra, Prashant Ranade, Rick Badgley, Steve Provost, Wade Allen and Wyman Roberts.
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Shares of EAT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.92.

Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) has a market capitalization of $1.77 billion and generates $3.80 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $117.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.95 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 62,025 workers across the globe.

Brinker International's mailing address is 3000 OLYMPUS BLVD, DALLAS TX, 75019. The official website for the company is www.brinker.com. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at (972) 980-9917, via email at investor.relations@brinker.com, or via fax at 972-770-9593.