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Brinker International Inc (EAT) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

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

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 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: +2.4% week · −2.6% month · −2.9% quarter · +4.3% 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 → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.46 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How EAT has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.46 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Brinker International Inc moved 0.46% on average · correlation 0.09 · higher than 47% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.52 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.61% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.94% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

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 Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

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

Company snapshot — Brinker International Inc

EAT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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
Closelooknet'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 Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet company score reads 60/100 composite (momentum 68, quality 59, valuation 56) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’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.

The Street on this name 3 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by DA Davidson, 2026-09-11

The Street on this name

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

  • Price target DA Davidson — target 240 from 260 Target cut to $240 from $260 (+12.6% to spot) 2026-09-11
  • Price target BMO Capital — target 230 Target set to $230 (-5.3% to spot) 2026-08-13
  • Price target Raymond James — target 270 from 210 Target raised to $270 from $210 (+9.5% to spot) 2026-08-13

3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

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 5.3% 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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

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 Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is EAT in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Brinker International Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

What is Brinker International Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

60 out of 100, with momentum 68, quality 59 and valuation 56 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does EAT trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -13.2% vs the 50-day and +11.8% vs the 200-day average, 25.3% below the 52-week high and +89.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Brinker International Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Restaurants · US), Brinker International Inc (EAT) sits 25.3% below its 52-week high, 13.2% below its 50-day average; Restaurant Brands International Inc (QSR) is 14.2% below, Texas Roadhouse Inc (TXRH) is 24.1% below, Dutch Bros Inc (BROS) is 48.4% below. Put any of them next to EAT in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Brinker International Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Brinker International Inc had a beta of 0.46 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 47% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.61% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

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. Closelooknet'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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet wire is a price target by DA Davidson on 2026-09-11 (target 240 from 260). 3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Restaurants, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet 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.