BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. vs Texas Roadhouse, Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Brinker International and Texas Roadhouse both run casual-dining kitchens, and both generate healthy cash, but the market prices them apart. Brinker, the Chili's operator, keeps 8.07% of revenue, generates a strong 6.61% free cash flow yield, pays a 0.66% dividend, and trades at just 16.8 times earnings. Texas Roadhouse, the steakhouse chain, keeps 7% of sales, generates a 2.77% cash yield, pays 1.38%, and trades at 31.36 times. Their balance sheets differ sharply: Brinker carries 1.11 debt-to-equity while Texas Roadhouse stays nearly debt-free at 0.03. Texas Roadhouse commands the larger market value at $13.0B against Brinker's $7.6B.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | EAT | TXRH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $185.18 | $189.48 |
| Market cap | $8.2B | $12.5B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +12.0% | +19.2% |
| P/E | 18.1 | 30.2 |
| P/B | 20.30 | 8.14 |
| P/S | 1.44 | 2.07 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.5 | 17.6 |
| Revenue growth | +12.4% | +10.4% |
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 9.0% |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 7.0% |
| Return on equity | 114.0% | 27.6% |
| Return on assets | 16.7% | 11.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 54.9% | 26.2% |
| FCF yield | 6.1% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 1.11 | 0.03 |
| Current ratio | 0.40 | 0.46 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.36 | 5.97 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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