For the quarter ended March 2024, Brinker International (EAT - Free Report) reported revenue of $1.12 billion, up 3.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.24, compared to $1.23 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.15% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.12 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.15, the EPS surprise was +7.83%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Brinker International performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Comparable store sales - Chili's - YoY change: 3.5% compared to the 3.4% average estimate based on eight analysts.
- Franchise restaurants - Total: 442 versus the eight-analyst average estimate of 475.
- Comparable store sales - Maggiano's - YoY change: 1.7% versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 3.5%.
- Company owned restaurants - Total: 1,176 versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 1,185.
- Total Revenue- Company Restaurant Sales: $1.11 billion compared to the $1.11 billion average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.4% year over year.
- Franchise and other revenues: $11.40 million versus the eight-analyst average estimate of $10.43 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.7%.
- Revenue- Company sales- Chili's: $988.40 million versus $983.92 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.7% change.
- Revenue- Company sales- Maggiano's: $120.50 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $123.36 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +0.7%.
- Total Revenue- Maggiano's: $120.70 million compared to the $121.44 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.8% year over year.
- Total Revenue- Chili's: $999.60 million compared to the $998.49 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.8% year over year.
- Franchise revenues- Chili?s: $11.20 million versus $10.42 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Franchise revenues- Maggiano's: $0.20 million versus $0.10 million estimated by two analysts on average.
View all Key Company Metrics for Brinker International here>>>Shares of Brinker International have returned -2.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -2.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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For the quarter ended March 2024, Brinker International (EAT - Free Report) reported revenue of $1.12 billion, up 3.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.24, compared to $1.23 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.15% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.12 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.15, the EPS surprise was +7.83%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Brinker International performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Comparable store sales - Chili's - YoY change: 3.5% compared to the 3.4% average estimate based on eight analysts.
- Franchise restaurants - Total: 442 versus the eight-analyst average estimate of 475.
- Comparable store sales - Maggiano's - YoY change: 1.7% versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 3.5%.
- Company owned restaurants - Total: 1,176 versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 1,185.
- Total Revenue- Company Restaurant Sales: $1.11 billion compared to the $1.11 billion average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.4% year over year.
- Franchise and other revenues: $11.40 million versus the eight-analyst average estimate of $10.43 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.7%.
- Revenue- Company sales- Chili's: $988.40 million versus $983.92 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.7% change.
- Revenue- Company sales- Maggiano's: $120.50 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $123.36 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +0.7%.
- Total Revenue- Maggiano's: $120.70 million compared to the $121.44 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.8% year over year.
- Total Revenue- Chili's: $999.60 million compared to the $998.49 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.8% year over year.
- Franchise revenues- Chili?s: $11.20 million versus $10.42 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Franchise revenues- Maggiano's: $0.20 million versus $0.10 million estimated by two analysts on average.
View all Key Company Metrics for Brinker International here>>>Shares of Brinker International have returned -2.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -2.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
This company targets millennial and Gen Z audiences, generating nearly $1 billion in revenue last quarter alone. A recent pullback makes now an ideal time to jump aboard. Of course, all our elite picks aren’t winners but this one could far surpass earlier Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Nano-X Imaging which shot up +129.6% in little more than 9 months.
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