---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000703351-22-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAT"
cik: "0000703351"
company_name: "BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T00:59:28.066007+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brinker Q3 sales up 18% to $960.6M but operating margin falls to 5.0%; guides FY adjusted EPS $3.05-$3.30

## Summary
- Q3 company sales $960.6M (+18% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.81, adjusted EPS $0.92 (vs $0.78).
- Operating income $49.4M (5.0% margin) down from $52.2M (6.3%); restaurant operating margin 12.2% vs 13.9%.
- Chili's comp sales +10.3%, Maggiano's +50.5%; total comparable sales +13.5%.
- FY2022 guidance: total revenues $3.75-$3.85B, adjusted EPS $3.05-$3.30, capex $160-$165M.
- Margins pressured by higher labor costs, training, overtime, commodity inflation, and repairs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000703351-22-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAT
- cik: 0000703351
- company_name: BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335122000018/0000703351-22-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335122000018/eat-20220504.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000703351-22-000018.txt

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