Brinker International (EAT) Earnings: Q1 Fiscal 2027 Results and Next Report Date

The quarter ended September 23, 2026 and Brinker International published the results on October 28, 2026. Revenue and diluted EPS are shown against Q1 fiscal 2026, the same quarter a year earlier, which takes seasonal swings out of the comparison. Brinker International reports EPS two ways: GAAP, under the accounting rules every US filer follows, and excluding special items, non-GAAP, which leaves out items the company considers outside its operating results. The release reconciles the two, and when they diverge, the reconciliation says why.

• Brinker's fiscal year ends on the last Wednesday in June. Q1 fiscal 2027 is the 13 weeks ended September 23, 2026, and fiscal 2027 includes a 53rd week in the fourth quarter.
• Q1 fiscal 2027 GAAP interest expenses include a $17.6 million loss on debt extinguishment from redeeming the 8.25% notes on July 15, 2026.

Source: Brinker International Q1 fiscal 2027 results, October 28, 2026. Also in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 23, 2026. Figures as reported; checked against the release on November 10, 2026.

How Brinker International splits revenue in its own release, under its own labels, for Q1 fiscal 2027 against Q1 fiscal 2026. Indented lines are parts of the line above them.

• Brinker International's Chili's revenue was $1.4 billion in Q1 fiscal 2027, up 10% from $1.2 billion in Q1 fiscal 2026, 94% of total revenue.
• Brinker International's Maggiano's revenue was $94.9 million in Q1 fiscal 2027, down 5% from $99.5 million in Q1 fiscal 2026, 6% of total revenue.

Segment lines are the figures writers cite most often, because they show where the growth in a quarter came from. Companies redraw their segments from time to time and restate the prior year to match, so a year-ago figure here can differ from the one printed a year ago. When that has happened, the note above says so.

From the earnings release

Brinker gives its fiscal 2027 guidance as a table in the release. The ranges above are the updated figures; the previous ranges were $6.15-$6.27 billion of total revenues and $12.60-$13.40 of EPS excluding special items.

In its Q1 fiscal 2027 release, Brinker International said:

“Total revenues $6.23-$6.33 billion”

“Net income per diluted share, excluding special items, non-GAAP $13.30-$13.90”

“We estimate the impact of the additional operating week to be an increase of approximately 2.0% in Total revenues and $0.70 in Net income per diluted share, excluding special items, non-GAAP”

“Diluted weighted average shares 42.0-43.0 million”

Source: Brinker Q1 FY27 release, Oct 28, 2026.

This is the company's own guidance as of Oct 28, 2026, quoted as given. Walnut does not make forecasts of its own. Analyst estimates for the coming quarters are on the EAT forecast page.

Revenue and diluted EPS for the last 5 quarters. Each date links to that quarter's release.

Total revenues and GAAP diluted EPS, each as first reported in that quarter's release.

Brinker International's next report is expected around January 27, 2027, a date estimated from its reporting history that the company has not yet confirmed. This page will show Q1 fiscal 2027 until those results are out and have been checked against the release.

Each quarter keeps its own page with the figures as reported, so a link to one stays pointed at the same numbers after the next report.

• Q1 fiscal 2027 (this page), reported Oct 28, 2026

Brinker International owns, operates and franchises two restaurant brands, Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy. Total revenues were $1,475.6 million in Q1 fiscal 2027, against $1,349.2 million a year earlier: $1,461.2 million of company sales from its own restaurants and $14.4 million of franchise revenues. Chili's brought in $1,380.7 million and Maggiano's $94.9 million, down from $99.5 million. (Brinker International Q1 fiscal 2027 release, Oct 28, 2026; Brinker Form 10-K, fiscal 2026, Aug 19, 2026)

Chili's comparable restaurant sales rose 10.1%, its 22nd consecutive quarter of same-store sales growth, on top of a 21.4% rise a year earlier. Traffic added 6.4 points and price 3.7 points, with no contribution from mix. Brinker credited value offers, marketing, operations investments and the launch of the Big Crispy chicken sandwich. (Brinker International Q1 fiscal 2027 release, Oct 28, 2026)

Maggiano's comparable restaurant sales fell 3.4%, with traffic down 5.1% partly offset by 2.0% of pricing, and the brand had an operating loss of $3.6 million. (Brinker International Q1 fiscal 2027 release, Oct 28, 2026)

Franchise sales sit outside total revenues; Brinker books royalties and advertising fees on them. Chili's franchisees generated about $296.7 million of sales in the quarter, against $269.5 million, and franchise comparable sales rose 7.4% (11.8% in the U.S., 4.8% internationally). Brinker had 1,641 restaurants open at September 23, 2026, 1,174 of them company-owned, after buying 12 domestic Chili's from a franchisee for $27.1 million. (Brinker International Q1 fiscal 2027 release, Oct 28, 2026)

Company restaurant expenses at Chili's fell to 81.3% of company sales from 82.7% because of sales leverage, partly offset by commodity costs, hourly labor, advertising and insurance. Brinker's restaurant operating margin, a non-GAAP measure, rose to 17.7% of company sales from 16.2%. (Brinker International Q1 fiscal 2027 release, Oct 28, 2026)

Brinker International's GAAP diluted EPS was $2.64 in Q1 fiscal 2027, against $2.17, and EPS excluding special items was $2.77, against $1.93. The biggest special item was a $17.6 million loss on debt extinguishment ($0.41 a share) from redeeming the 8.25% notes early on July 15, 2026, which is why GAAP interest expenses rose to $24.6 million from $10.5 million. (Brinker International Q1 fiscal 2027 release, Oct 28, 2026)

Brinker also removes excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation, which lowered adjusted EPS by $0.21 this quarter and by $0.26 a year ago; that adjustment is why GAAP EPS was above adjusted EPS in Q1 fiscal 2026. The GAAP effective tax rate was 10.8%, below the 21.0% statutory rate mainly because of the FICA tip credit, and 19.0% excluding special items. (Brinker International Q1 fiscal 2027 release, Oct 28, 2026)

Diluted weighted average shares fell to 43.0 million from 45.8 million. Brinker repurchased 0.6 million shares for $125.0 million under its program in the quarter, had about $700.0 million of authorization left, and bought another 0.3 million shares for $65.0 million after the quarter ended. (Brinker International Q1 fiscal 2027 release, Oct 28, 2026; Brinker Form 10-Q, Q1 fiscal 2027, Oct 28, 2026)

Diluted EPS divides net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in the quarter, plus the shares that options and other equity awards could add. Buybacks shrink that count and lift EPS for the same profit; share issuance and stock awards enlarge it.

Brinker International publishes full-year guidance in its release. After Q1 fiscal 2027 it raised fiscal 2027 total revenues to $6.23 to $6.33 billion, from $6.15 to $6.27 billion, and EPS excluding special items to $13.30 to $13.90, from $12.60 to $13.40. (Brinker International Q1 fiscal 2027 release, Oct 28, 2026)

The guidance includes a 53rd operating week in the fourth quarter, which Brinker estimates adds about 2.0% to total revenues and $0.70 to EPS excluding special items. It kept capital expenditures at $265.0 to $285.0 million and diluted weighted average shares at 42.0 to 43.0 million, and it does not reconcile the EPS guidance to GAAP because it cannot forecast special items. (Brinker International Q1 fiscal 2027 release, Oct 28, 2026)

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The consensus figures on this page are Yahoo Finance's, as pulled on the date shown. Each comes with the number of analysts behind it; the smaller that number, the more one revised estimate can move the average.

The figures below are the ones Brinker International's own release and filings put weight on for Q1 fiscal 2027, with the latest reported value for each.

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