Brinker International - EAT Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brinker International in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 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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15 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Brinker International's shares. Their EAT share price forecasts range from $26.00 to $46.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $37.18 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.2%.
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Brinker International's stock was trading at $31.91 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, EAT stock has increased by 19.1% and is now trading at $38.00.
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Brinker International saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,540,000 shares, an increase of 25.3% from the February 28th total of 4,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,020,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.4 days. Approximately 12.9% 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, May 3rd 2023.
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Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 1st. The restaurant operator reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.25. The restaurant operator earned $1.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $991.74 million. Brinker International had a net margin of 1.87% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 35.47%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.71 earnings per share.

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), Fidelity Small-Mid Cap Opportunities ETF (FSMO), Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Revenue ETF (RWJ) and iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS).

Brinker International issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.60-$2.90 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.56. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.05 billion-$4.15 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.04 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EAT."

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One share of EAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.00.

Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) has a market capitalization of $1.67 billion and generates $3.80 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $117.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.64 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.