Brinker International, Inc’s recent filing unveils that its SVP & COO, Chili’s Comings Douglas N. unloaded Company’s shares for reported $2.5 million on Sep 09 ’25. In the deal valued at $156.48 per share,16,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Comings Douglas N. now holds 12,951 shares worth roughly $1.66 million.
Then, Comings Douglas N. bought 16,000 shares, generating $2,503,712 in total proceeds.
Before that, Ranade Prashant sold 511 shares. Brinker International, Inc shares valued at $81,576 were divested by the Director at a price of $159.64 per share. As a result of the transaction, Ranade Prashant now holds 10,467 shares, worth roughly $1.35 million.
JP Morgan upgraded its Brinker International, Inc [EAT] rating to an Overweight from a a Neutral in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including BofA Securities’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early October from “a Neutral” to “a Buy”. Wells Fargo also remained covering EAT and has increased its forecast on September 22, 2025 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal weight” rating. Evercore ISI revised its rating on September 04, 2025. It rated EAT as “an Outperform” which previously was an “an In-line”.
Price Performance Review of EAT
On Monday, Brinker International, Inc [NYSE:EAT] saw its stock jump 2.92% to $128.5. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 1.56%. Brinker International, Inc shares have risen nearly 54.89% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -2.86% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Brinker International, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Brinker International, Inc stocks on 2025-09-30, growing by 1.35 million shares to a total of 6.7 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 5.35 million shares. There was a rise of 20.14%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on June 23, 2025 when Stifel resumed its ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $215.
