EAT Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Brinker International | NYSE:EAT)

Brinker International is a leading casual dining operator and franchisor. Chili's, its largest banner and the second-largest casual dining concept in the US, is known for its American/Southwest-inspired menu. In fiscal 2026, the segment generated $5.3 billion in revenue (92% of consolidated sales) across 1,114 company-owned restaurants in the US and 469 franchised locations (the bulk of which are in international markets). The Italian casual-dining concept Maggiano's accounts for the remainder of the business, with 52 domestic units.

Brinker International trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol EAT.

As of October 1, 2026, EAT stock price climbed to $194.33 with 953,762 million shares trading.

EAT has a beta of 0.87, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. EAT has a correlation of 0.05 to the broad based SPY ETF.

EAT has a market cap of $8.14 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter Brinker International reported $2 billion in Revenue and $3.07 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $3 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.01.

In the last 3 years, EAT traded as high as $254.99 and as low as $28.23.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that EAT belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, IJH, VB, IWM, VBK.

EAT has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +53.4%, while the SPY ETF gained +15.8%. In the last 3 month period, EAT beat the market returning +15.7%, while SPY returned +2.6%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks EAT has underperformed the stock market by returning -7.7%, while SPY returned +1.6%.

EAT support price is $188.26 and resistance is $198.80 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that EAT shares will trade within this expected range on the day.