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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000703351-25-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAT"
cik: "0000703351"
company_name: "BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC"
filed_at: "2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T04:22:10.031930+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brinker Q3 sales surge 27% to $1.41B; EPS $2.56 vs $1.08 YoY

## Summary
- Company sales $1,413M, up 27% YoY; comparable restaurant sales +28.2% (Chili's +31.6%, Maggiano's +0.4%).
- Net income $119.1M, diluted EPS $2.56; adjusted EPS $2.66 vs $1.24 prior year.
- Operating income margin 11.0% (up from 6.2%); restaurant operating margin 18.9% (up from 14.2%).
- Chili's traffic +21% driven by value advertising; repaid $125M in funded debt.
- Updated FY2025 guidance provided based on sustained elevated sales levels (specific numbers not fully disclosed in excerpt).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000703351-25-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAT
- cik: 0000703351
- company_name: BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC
- filed_at: 2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335125000016/0000703351-25-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335125000016/eat-20250429.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000703351-25-000016.txt

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