secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
======================================

Issuer:     BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC (EAT)
CIK:        0000703351
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000703351-25-000032
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

- 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).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335125000032/0000703351-25-000032-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335125000032/eat-20250807.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000703351-25-000032

License: Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer