secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC (EAT)
CIK:        0000703351
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000703351-25-000044
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Brinker Q1 beat: EPS $2.17 vs $0.84; Chili's comps +21.4%, Maggiano's -6.4%
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- Net income $99.5M ($2.17 diluted EPS) vs $38.5M ($0.84) a year ago; adjusted EPS $1.93.
- Total revenues $1.349B (+18.5% YoY); company sales $1.335B, with Chili's comp sales up 21.4%.
- Restaurant operating margin improved to 16.2% from 13.5%; adjusted EBITDA $172.4M vs $111.6M.
- Repurchased $92.0M of common stock during the quarter.
- Fiscal 2026 full-year guidance reiterated; Chili's traffic +13% in Q1.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335125000044/0000703351-25-000044-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335125000044/eat-20251029.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000703351-25-000044

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