In the last trading session, 1.34 million shares of the Brinker International, Inc (NYSE:EAT) were traded, and its beta was 2.22. Most recently the company’s share price was $157.95, and it changed around $3.8 or 2.47% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $7.01B. EAT currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $192.21, offering almost -21.69% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $43.37, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 72.54% since then. We note from Brinker International, Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 1.35 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.40 million.

Brinker International, Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.50. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 19 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 1 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 14 recommended EAT as a Hold, whereas 4 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Brinker International, Inc is expected to report earnings per share of 2.49 for the current quarter.

Brinker International, Inc (NYSE:EAT) trade information

Instantly EAT has showed a green trend with a performance of 2.47% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 158.35 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 0.25%. The company’s shares are currently up 19.40% year-to-date, but still up 18.35% over the last five days. On the other hand, Brinker International, Inc (NYSE:EAT) is 3.19% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 4.62 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 2.71 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $110, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -43.59% from its current value. Analyst projections state that EAT is forecast to be at a low of $90 and a high of $155.

Brinker International, Inc (EAT) estimates and forecasts

The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 18.42%, up from the previous year.

Consensus estimates provided by 16 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 1.38B in revenue for the current quarter. 16 analysts expect Brinker International, Inc to make 1.35B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 1.12B and 1.21B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 22.94%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 11.94%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -3.02%. Brinker International, Inc earnings are expected to increase by 103.75% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 38.18% per year for the next five years.

EAT Dividends

Brinker International, Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Jan-28. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 3.47 per year.

Brinker International, Inc (NYSE:EAT)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 1.42% of Brinker International, Inc shares, and 105.60% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 107.12%. Brinker International, Inc stock is held by 508.0 institutions, with BLACKROCK INC. being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 15.4475% of the shares, which is about 6.86 million shares worth $496.5 million.

VANGUARD GROUP INC, with 11.9555% or 5.3 million shares worth $383.4 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Feb 28, 2025 . The former held 2.83 shares worth $447.26 million, making up 6.38% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held roughly 1.32 shares worth around $208.97 million, which represents about 2.98% of the total shares outstanding.