BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $230.22, BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. (EAT) is priced for +16.6% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 25, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Chili's, which supplies about nine tenths of company revenue, delivered its 20th consecutive quarter of same-store sales growth in the March 2026 quarter and earns a brand-level operating margin in the mid teens [Source: Q3 FY2026 earnings release, April 29, 2026], a level very little of casual dining reaches. • What changed inside that number is the point: the quarter's 4.0% Chili's comparable-sales gain came from 4.6% of menu pricing and 0.6% of mix against guest traffic down 1.2%, after a n
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452 institutional managers reported holding EAT in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 78 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, FMR (Fidelity), Vanguard Group, among others. On the short side, 5.3M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 12% of shares outstanding (6.1 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
EAT has cut its share count 5.9% over the past five years, spending $565.60M on repurchases. It stopped paying its dividend within the past year. Cash returned over the past three years: $459.70M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at EAT over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 20 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
EAT's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-24 | -8.6% | -3.2% |
| 2023-11-02 | -0.2% | +20.7% |
| 2024-02-01 | +13.1% | +2.4% |
| 2024-05-01 | +10.7% | +28.5% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
EAT's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-12 (items 2.02, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-06-17 (items 8.01); 2026-04-29 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-03-02 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-01-28 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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