Brinker International, Inc. EAT

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) fiscal first-quarter results landed just short of Wall Street’s numbers on both lines, adjusted EPS of $2.05 against a $2.06 estimate, and revenue of $3.20 billion against $3.21 billion expected, sending shares down as much as 5% before CEO Rick Cardenas’ comments on the earnings call pared that loss to roughly […]

McDonald’s and other fast-food stocks face pressure, but Brinker International, Bloomin’ Brands and several casual-dining peers have outperformed.

If you dine at a Chili's restaurant and leave before the bill comes, that's bad behavior. But if you buy Chili's parent Brinker International, lock in quick profits and walk away before the stock turns? That's disciplined swing trading.

Investing.com -- Moody's Ratings has upgraded Brinker International Inc's (NYSE:EAT) corporate family rating to Ba1 from Ba2, citing sustained operational momentum and disciplined debt reduction across its core casual dining footprint. The credit agency simultaneously assigned a stable outlook to the parent company of Chili’s Grill & Bar and Maggiano’s Little Italy, while maintaining its top-tier SGL-1 speculative grade liquidity rating.

Brinker International has delivered an exceptionally strong multi year share price run, and the question now is whether its current valuation is properly aligned with the cash flows its restaurants can generate. With the stock coming off both sharp gains and recent volatility, investors are asking if the current market price is still grounded in its underlying restaurant economics or if expectations have run ahead of what the cash flow math supports. Over the past 3 years, Brinker...

Chili’s plans to open as many as 20 to 30 new US restaurants a year through fiscal 2029 after five years of strong sales growth and rising customer visits.

Since 2024, the chain has rolled out advertising efforts that turned social media chatter about the high cost of fast food into gains in new categories.