NYSE:EATBrinker International Stock Price, Forecast & News

Brinker International's stock was trading at $21.51 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EAT stock has increased by 13.9% and is now trading at $24.49. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brinker International in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Brinker International.

Brinker International is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 11th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Brinker International.

Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 29th. The restaurant operator reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.63. The restaurant operator had revenue of $860 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $845.99 million. Brinker International had a negative return on equity of 24.65% and a net margin of 3.62%. The business's revenue was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.26 EPS. View Brinker International's earnings history.

Brinker International announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Investors of record on Friday, March 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.38 per share on Thursday, March 26th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 5th. View Brinker International's dividend history.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Brinker International's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Brinker International's stock price to reach $36.05 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 47.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Brinker International.

Press coverage about EAT stock has been trending extremely negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Brinker International earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutBrinker International.

Brinker International saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,630,000 shares, an increase of 11.8% from the April 30th total of 7,720,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,980,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 23.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Brinker International's Current Options Chain.

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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. (11.71%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.71%), State Street Corp (3.69%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.79%), Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ (2.04%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.90%). Company insiders that own Brinker International stock include Charles A Lousignont, David Roy Doyle, Joseph G Taylor, Kelli Valade, Kelly C Baltes, Michaela M Ware, Steve Provost, Wade Allen and Wyman Roberts. View institutional ownership trends for Brinker International.

EAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bessemer Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., AXA, Retirement Systems of Alabama, ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ . Company insiders that have sold Brinker International company stock in the last year include Michaela M Ware, Steve Provost, and Wade Allen. View insider buying and selling activity for Brinker International.

EAT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Two Sigma Investments LP, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., and APG Asset Management N.V.. Company insiders that have bought Brinker International stock in the last two years include Charles A Lousignont, Joseph G Taylor, Kelly C Baltes, and Wyman Roberts. View insider buying and selling activity for Brinker International.

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One share of EAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.49.

Brinker International has a market capitalization of $1.10 billion and generates $3.22 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $154.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.93 on an earnings per share basis. Brinker International employs 56,147 workers across the globe.

The official website for Brinker International is www.brinker.com.

Brinker International's mailing address is 3000 OLYMPUS BLVD, DALLAS TX, 75019. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 972-980-9917 or via email at [email protected]