Casual restaurant chain Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday morning. Here’s what you need to know.

Brinker International beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.43 billion, up 27.2% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ same-store sales estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Brinker International’s revenue to grow 19.1% year on year to $1.44 billion, improving from the 12.3% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.47 per share.

Heading into earnings, analysts covering the company have grown increasingly bullish with revenue estimates seeing 6 upward revisions over the last 30 days (we track 15 analysts). Brinker International has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.

Looking at Brinker International’s peers in the sit-down dining segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Kura Sushi delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 17.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.5%, and The Cheesecake Factory reported revenues up 5.7%, topping estimates by 0.8%. Kura Sushi traded down 11.8% following the results while The Cheesecake Factory was up 5.2%.

Read our full analysis of Kura Sushi’s results here and The Cheesecake Factory’s results here.

Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the sit-down dining stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 8.7% on average over the last month. Brinker International is down 8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $174.93 (compared to the current share price of $152.10).

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