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Brinker International (EAT) Competitors

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$154.64 +5.64 (+3.79%)
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EAT vs. DRI, DPZ, TXRH, CAKE, WEN, PZZA, CBRL, BJRI, BLMN, and JACK

Should you be buying Brinker International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brinker International include Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Wendy's (WEN), Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), and Jack in the Box (JACK). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.

Brinker International vs.

Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) and Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Darden Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than Brinker International. Brinker International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Darden Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brinker International$5.13B1.34$155.30M$7.2521.33
Darden Restaurants$11.76B2.03$1.03B$8.8723.02

Brinker International presently has a consensus price target of $141.14, suggesting a potential downside of 8.73%. Darden Restaurants has a consensus price target of $201.38, suggesting a potential downside of 1.36%. Given Darden Restaurants' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Darden Restaurants is more favorable than Brinker International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brinker International
0 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24
Darden Restaurants
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Darden Restaurants has a net margin of 9.01% compared to Brinker International's net margin of 5.45%. Brinker International's return on equity of 879.47% beat Darden Restaurants' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brinker International5.45% 879.47% 11.82%
Darden Restaurants 9.01%50.12%9.30%

93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Brinker International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Brinker International has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darden Restaurants has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Brinker International pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Darden Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Brinker International pays out 21.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Darden Restaurants pays out 63.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Darden Restaurants has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Darden Restaurants is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 2 more articles in the media than Brinker International. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 23 mentions for Brinker International. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Brinker International's score of 1.14 indicating that Darden Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brinker International
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Darden Restaurants
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Darden Restaurants received 469 more outperform votes than Brinker International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Darden Restaurants an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Brinker InternationalOutperform Votes
712
57.61%
Underperform Votes
524
42.39%
Darden RestaurantsOutperform Votes
1181
66.42%
Underperform Votes
597
33.58%

Summary

Darden Restaurants beats Brinker International on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EAT vs. The Competition

MetricBrinker InternationalEating places IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.87B$9.03B$25.19B$19.29B
Dividend YieldN/A3.80%169.81%3.84%
P/E Ratio26.8026.2224.3834.41
Price / Sales1.341.873.9634.88
Price / Cash19.0619.1719.4117.52
Price / Book52.245.626.074.69
Net Income$155.30M$318.00M$784.05M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.87%-3.96%-2.09%-2.42%
1 Month Performance-2.40%3.36%8.26%6.25%
1 Year Performance140.35%-6.61%7.85%5.85%

Brinker International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EAT
Brinker International
3.0207 of 5 stars
$154.64
+3.8%
$141.14
-8.7%
+131.0%$6.87B$5.13B26.8062,000Positive News
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.2726 of 5 stars
$204.79
+3.2%
$201.38
-1.7%
+37.0%$23.96B$11.76B23.46179,000Positive News
DPZ
Domino's Pizza
2.7736 of 5 stars
$480.32
+0.3%
$498.50
+3.8%
-5.9%$16.46B$4.73B29.5311,000Positive News
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
2.8039 of 5 stars
$189.13
+4.6%
$191.62
+1.3%
+12.9%$12.58B$5.50B29.2682,000Positive News
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
3.6222 of 5 stars
$52.64
+5.0%
$53.60
+1.8%
+41.1%$2.61B$3.62B16.5047,500
WEN
Wendy's
4.9308 of 5 stars
$12.25
+2.1%
$16.34
+33.4%
-35.6%$2.35B$2.24B12.9014,500Trending News
PZZA
Papa Johns International
3.3067 of 5 stars
$40.84
+6.7%
$51.25
+25.5%
-13.2%$1.34B$2.06B14.2412,000Gap Down
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
3.2748 of 5 stars
$51.07
+10.0%
$57.13
+11.9%
+19.9%$1.14B$3.51B28.2173,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
2.7821 of 5 stars
$41.35
+5.8%
$37.20
-10.0%
+18.3%$914.32M$1.37B60.8022,200
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
3.815 of 5 stars
$8.59
+17.6%
$13.75
+60.2%
-64.4%$729.98M$3.93B-78.1387,000Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Gap Down
JACK
Jack in the Box
4.7169 of 5 stars
$28.66
+6.5%
$44.00
+53.5%
-62.5%$540.40M$1.57B-14.7012,100

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This page (NYSE:EAT) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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