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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000703351-25-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAT"
cik: "0000703351"
company_name: "BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T14:04:49.555559+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brinker Q4 EPS $2.30, sales up 21%, Chili's comps +23.7%; adds $400M buyback

## Summary
- Company sales $1,448.9M (+21% YoY); Chili's comparable sales +23.7% driven by 16% traffic increase.
- Net income $107.0M ($2.30 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $2.49; operating income margin 9.8%.
- Board authorized additional $400M share repurchase, bringing total authority to $507M.
- Dominique Bertolone, President of Maggiano's, departed; CEO Kevin Hochman named interim President.
- Full year fiscal 2026 guidance provided (details in press release).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000703351-25-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAT
- cik: 0000703351
- company_name: BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335125000032/0000703351-25-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335125000032/eat-20250807.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000703351-25-000032
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000703351-25-000032.txt

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