EAT / Q1 FY2027 (13 weeks ended2026-09-23; raw CapIQ period end2026-09-30 preserved)

Brinker International, Inc.

Reported: Oct 28, 2026

Forecast published

Oct 27, 2026 at 11:06 AM PDT

Opus 5.5 High in Shortcut

Shortcut

2.48

Normalized diluted EPS

+1.5% vs Street

Off by $0.29 per share

Street

2.44

Normalized diluted EPS

October 25 consensus snapshot

Off by $0.33 per share

Real

2.77

Issuer excluding-special-items diluted EPS

Shortcut win

Reported result · Oct 28 ↗ · Brinker reports fiscal Q1 2027 diluted EPS excluding special items $2.77 and GAAP diluted EPS $2.64 for the 13 weeks ended September 23,2026.

USD per US diluted common share. Comparisons use unrounded estimates.

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Shortcut’s reasoning.

Chili's 1Q27 comp modelled at +8.5% (price 4.0% + mix 0.3% + traffic 4.2%): management said July/August 'significantly accelerated' vs 4Q26's +5.6% (S5); UBS 8.5-9.5% and RJ 9% vs ~7.8-8.1% Street (S12).

Revenue $1,463.8m (+0.6% vs $1,455.0m consensus) includes ~$3.0m from 12 acquired franchise restaurants (closed 27-Aug-26, S14) and Maggiano's -1% comp on an easy lap.

Restaurant operating margin 16.8% (+62bps Y/Y): Chili's 17.8% (+50bps on sales leverage) against ~4% Q1 commodity inflation matched by ~4% price (S5); Maggiano's 3.0%.

On the record.

Reporting period: Q1 FY2027 (13 weeks ended2026-09-23; raw CapIQ period end2026-09-30 preserved)
Reporting basis: Issuer excluding-special-items diluted EPS, frozen provider normalized history independently matches six original cached issuer actuals
Consensus snapshot: October 25, 2026
Model / effort: Opus 5.5 · High effort
Workbook: Reviewed workbook

Record history

Forecast generated: Oct 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM PDT
Original author completed: Oct 27, 2026 at 1:08 AM PDT
Reviewed revision completed: Oct 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM PDT
First published: Oct 27, 2026 at 11:06 AM PDT

Result basis

Brinker reports fiscal Q1 2027 diluted EPS excluding special items $2.77 and GAAP diluted EPS $2.64 for the 13 weeks ended September 23,2026. The reconciliation shows $119.1m adjusted income and 43.0m diluted shares, excluding special operating items, debt-extinguishment loss and special tax items. This matches the published issuer-adjusted USD/common-share convention.