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Brinker International, Inc. (EAT)

NYSE / Consumer Cyclical / Restaurants

Share price

204.91 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

8.58B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Aug 19, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
17, FY2009 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

23.8% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

18.36x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

6.1% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 3.15B USDFY2017 Net income: 150.8M USDFY2018 Revenue: 3.14B USDFY2018 Net income: 125.9M USDFY2019 Revenue: 3.22B USDFY2019 Net income: 154.9M USDFY2020 Revenue: 3.08B USDFY2020 Net income: 24.4M USDFY2021 Revenue: 3.34B USDFY2021 Net income: 131.6M USDFY2022 Revenue: 3.80B USDFY2022 Net income: 117.6M USDFY2023 Revenue: 4.13B USDFY2023 Net income: 102.6M USDFY2024 Revenue: 4.42B USDFY2024 Net income: 155.3M USDFY2025 Revenue: 5.38B USDFY2025 Net income: 383.1M USDFY2026 Revenue: 5.81B USDFY2026 Net income: 487.0M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 18.36x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 15.00x and 25.00x.

Today, against the Restaurants industry (31 companies), 18.36x sits at the 33rd percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 17.83x to 34.09x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 23.8% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Exceptional" (20.0% and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on the capital in the business well above the usual cost of that capital.

Today, against the Consumer Cyclical sector (222 companies), 23.8% sits at the 87th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 3.6% to 14.8%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 15.31x in FY2026, in the band labelled "Comfortable" (6.00x and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table, suggesting an interest bill operating profit covers many times over.

Year by year against peers
Whether Brinker International, Inc.'s operating margin stayed above the median of the Restaurants industry, year by year. (FY2019 to FY2025, 7 fiscal years of Brinker International, Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Brinker International, Inc.'s operating margin has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of Brinker International, Inc.)
What could explain it
What in Brinker International, Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (10 readings drawn from the statement lines Brinker International, Inc. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Brinker International, Inc., and where in its filings. (5 questions for Brinker International, Inc.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Brinker International, Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (14 of sixteen figures read for Brinker International, Inc.)

These are EAT’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, accession 0000703351-26-000029.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Brinker International, Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax23.8% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Return on equity109.8% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Return on capital employed, pre-tax29.0% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Return on assets17.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Gross margin
Why n/a

Our archived statements for this filer carry no gross profit line, so there is nothing to compute a gross margin from and trace back to source. That may be because the filer presents no cost of revenue, or because we have not captured the concept. We do not guess which.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Operating margin10.7% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Net margin8.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
EAT 8.4%
BROS 4.9%CAKE 4.0%CAVA 5.4%WING 25.0%SHAK 3.2%
3.2%25.0%
Net margin: EAT against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Brinker International, Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity4.18 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Current ratio0.45 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Quick ratio0.40 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Interest coverage15.31x ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Altman Z-score5.29 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Net debt1.74B ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Total assets 2.81BTotal liabilities 2.37BShareholders' equity 443.7MOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Brinker International, Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029).

Brinker International, Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets2.81B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026
Total liabilities2.37B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026
Shareholders' equity443.7M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026
Cash110.0M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026
Total debt1.85B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026
Net debt1.74B
Current ratio0.45
Debt to equity4.18

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Brinker International, Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings18.36x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
P/E on trailing twelve months18.62x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book20.69x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Price to sales1.58x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Enterprise value to EBIT17.62x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Enterprise value to EBITDA13.06x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Price to earnings over growth0.59 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Diluted earnings per share10.87 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Graham number49.87 USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value EAT on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Brinker International, Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Brinker International, Inc: valuation
Share price204.91 USD
Market capitalisation8.58B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA13.06x
Graham number49.87 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY202610.87 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 2.11x, median 14.52x, high 136.09x, latest 18.62x. 2,374 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 147 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Brinker International, Inc

  1. Dutch Bros Inc. (BROS)Market cap 7.72B USD
  2. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE)Market cap 5.80B USD
  3. CAVA Group, Inc. (CAVA)Market cap 6.47B USD
  4. Wingstop Inc. (WING)Market cap 3.57B USD
  5. Shake Shack Inc. (SHAK)Market cap 2.85B USD

Same industry (Restaurants) and size band (Mid, 2B to 10B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Brinker International, Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield6.1% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Free cash flow557.5M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Free cash flow margin9.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Dividend yield0.0% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Payout ratio0.0% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
FY2017 Free cash flow: 212.5M USDFY2017 Net income: 150.8M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 183.2M USDFY2018 Net income: 125.9M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 45.1M USDFY2019 Net income: 154.9M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 140.5M USDFY2020 Net income: 24.4M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 275.7M USDFY2021 Net income: 131.6M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 101.9M USDFY2022 Net income: 117.6M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 71.4M USDFY2023 Net income: 102.6M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 223.0M USDFY2024 Net income: 155.3M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 413.7M USDFY2025 Net income: 383.1M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 557.5M USDFY2026 Net income: 487.0M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Brinker International, Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
18.36xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
20.69xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
17.62xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
6.1%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
23.8%FY2026Aug 19, 2026
0.0%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
4.18FY2026Aug 19, 2026
0.45FY2026Aug 19, 2026
1.58xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
0.59FY2026Oct 15, 2026
5.29FY2026Oct 15, 2026
-2.73FY2026Aug 19, 2026
8/9FY2026Aug 19, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 17 filed fiscal years on record, FY2009 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports Brinker International, Inc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Brinker International, Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20265.81B619.9M487.0M10.87557.5M10.7%109.8%10-K, Aug 19, 20260000703351-26-000029
FY20255.38B512.0M383.1M8.32413.7M9.5%103.3%10-K, Aug 15, 20250000703351-25-000035
FY20244.42B229.6M155.3M3.40223.0M5.2%394.2%10-K, Aug 21, 20240000703351-24-000030
FY20234.13B144.4M102.6M2.2871.4M3.5%n/m10-K, Aug 23, 20230000703351-23-000043
FY20223.80B159.5M117.6M2.58101.9M4.2%n/m10-K, Aug 26, 20220000703351-22-000036
FY20213.34B199.3M131.6M2.83275.7M6.0%n/m10-K, Aug 26, 20210000703351-21-000031
FY20203.08B62.6M24.4M0.63140.5M2.0%n/m10-K, Aug 24, 20200000703351-20-000059
FY20193.22B230.7M154.9M3.9645.1M7.2%n/m10-K, Aug 22, 20190000703351-19-000037
FY20183.14B226.1M125.9M2.72183.2M7.2%n/m10-K, Aug 27, 20180000703351-18-000036
FY20173.15B256.2M150.8M2.94212.5M8.1%n/m10-K, Aug 28, 20170000703351-17-000030
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 7.0%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 13.9%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 15.6%
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 11.3%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Brinker International, Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.73 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Piotroski F-score8/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 19, 2026, 0000703351-26-000029
Named tests met3 of 30 Computed
Beta0.64 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 3 met, 24 not met, 3 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Three forensic scores; ROIC at or above WACC; Cash-flow yield and ROIC
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); Dividends and buybacks; Cash-covered dividend. A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(5)
  • Gross Margin: Our archived statements for this filer carry no gross profit line, so there is nothing to compute a gross margin from and trace back to source. That may be because the filer presents no cost of revenue, or because we have not captured the concept. We do not guess which.
  • Dividend Yield: The stored figure is a zero that can stand for data we do not hold, so this test is not measured.
  • Payout Ratio: The stored figure is a zero that can stand for data we do not hold, so this test is not measured.
  • Dividend Coverage Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Streak: The stored figure is a zero that can stand for data we do not hold, so this test is not measured.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 5 figures could not be read on this company, among them Gross Margin, Dividend Yield, Payout Ratio. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 3 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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