secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC (EAT)
CIK:        0000703351
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000703351-25-000016
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335125000016/0000703351-25-000016-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335125000016/eat-20250429.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000703351-25-000016

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