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Company snapshot — Brinker International Inc

EAT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Brinker International owns, operates and franchises casual dining restaurants under the Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy brands, serving customers in the United States and abroad. Founded in 1975 and based in Dallas, Texas, it earns from company-run restaurants and from franchise fees paid by operators who run the brands under license.
Where it sits in the stack
Brinker carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI build-out indices; it sits in the Consumer Cyclical sector of the diary's broader coverage, grouped with restaurant and discretionary-spending names rather than any layer of the chip or data-centre stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other scored Consumer Cyclical, US-listed names — Maplebear, Deckers Outdoor, SharkNinja, Autoliv, Lululemon, Magna International, Murphy USA and Viking Holdings; the market also names Darden Restaurants as a direct comparison in casual dining.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score with momentum as its strongest module and quality as its weakest; it holds no index seat and has not been quoted in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
Whether the quality module improves or the balance-sheet weakness spreads into how the momentum reading holds up.

Brinker International Inc (EAT) trades on US exchanges, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelook company score reads 60/100 composite (momentum 75, quality 57, valuation 57) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for EAT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 5 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Seaport Research, 2026-09-16

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for EAT from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Seaport Research — target 230 Target set to $230 (+13% to spot) 2026-09-16
  • Initiation Seaport Global — at Buy Initiated to Buy 2026-09-16
  • Price target DA Davidson — target 240 from 260 Target cut to $240 from $260 (+12.6% to spot) 2026-09-11

5 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 4 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Restaurants · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Restaurants · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against EAT on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 444 m USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What EAT pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2026 444 m USD 5.0% of today's market value
  • Share count −2.8% in FY2026 32 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 444 m USD · 80% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: −1.7% week · −6.4% month · −5.0% quarter · −4.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLY.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Brinker International Inc (EAT)?

Brinker International Inc trades as EAT on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is EAT in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Brinker International Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Brinker International Inc's Closelook composite score?

60 out of 100, with momentum 75, quality 57 and valuation 57 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does EAT trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -9.1% vs the 50-day and +17.9% vs the 200-day average, 22.9% below the 52-week high and +96.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Brinker International Inc do?

Brinker International owns, operates and franchises casual dining restaurants under the Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy brands, serving customers in the United States and abroad. Founded in 1975 and based in Dallas, Texas, it earns from company-run restaurants and from franchise fees paid by operators who run the brands under license. Closelook's peer group places it with other scored Consumer Cyclical, US-listed names — Maplebear, Deckers Outdoor, SharkNinja, Autoliv, Lululemon, Magna International, Murphy USA and Viking Holdings; the market also names Darden Restaurants as a direct comparison in casual dining.

Where does Brinker International Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Brinker carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI build-out indices; it sits in the Consumer Cyclical sector of the diary's broader coverage, grouped with restaurant and discretionary-spending names rather than any layer of the chip or data-centre stack. It carries a Closelook score with momentum as its strongest module and quality as its weakest; it holds no index seat and has not been quoted in the diary's editions.

Does Brinker International Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Brinker International Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2026 the company bought back 444 m USD of its own shares, 80% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 2.8% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Brinker International Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Brinker International Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Seaport Research on 2026-09-16 (target 230). 5 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 4 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for EAT, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Restaurants, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.