The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT)

Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.36M but it saw 2380066 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 2.43B USD, the company’s current market price of $54.95 came rising about 2.52 while comparing to the previous closing price of $53.60. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $54.68 and as low as $28.23.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Brinker International, Inc. (EAT) gives us an average price of $47.52, while its current price level is 0.49% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 94.65% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $47.54 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $39.49. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 4.42% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 3.93%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 74.04 which implies that the stock is in overbought territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Gordon Haskett which upgraded the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on January 16, 2024, recommending a price target of $48 for it. Morgan Stanley downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Underweight” from “Equal-Weight” on January 16, 2024 while assigning a price target of $36. Raymond James also issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $45 and $40.

Over the week, EAT’s stock price is moving 15.47% up while it is 10.63% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 27.26% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 36.42%.

Currently, Brinker International, Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 44.60M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 8.20%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 16.31 while having a 12.78 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 2.43. Stock has a price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.57. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.12% on average.