---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000703351-21-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAT"
cik: "0000703351"
company_name: "BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T09:22:37.723882+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brinker Q4 sales $991M, EPS $1.58; board reinstates $300M buyback

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP diluted EPS $1.58 vs loss of $1.20 YoY; adjusted EPS $1.68 vs loss of $0.88.
- Company sales $990.9M, up 79% YoY with an extra operating week; FY sales $3.28B.
- Restaurant operating margin 16.9% (non-GAAP) vs 6.4% prior year; Chili's comp sales +8.5% vs Q4'19.
- Board reinstated $300M share repurchase program in August 2021.
- FY22 guidance: mid-single-digit commodity/labor inflation; capex $155-165M; effective tax rate 14-15%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000703351-21-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAT
- cik: 0000703351
- company_name: BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335121000024/0000703351-21-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335121000024/eat-20210818.htm

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