BLMN vs DRI vs EAT Stock Comparison

Bloomin' Brands, Darden Restaurants and Brinker International Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BLMN Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
$9.20 +7.6% 1M +20.3% 1Y
Market cap
$782.86M
P/E
28.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.98B
Div. yield
0.02%
Full-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
1 win
DRI Darden Restaurants Inc
$212.38 -0.7% 1M +13.9% 1Y
Market cap
$24.23B
P/E
20.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.37B
Div. yield
–
Full-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
EAT Brinker International, Inc
$182.72 -13.4% 1M +44.6% 1Y
Market cap
$8.17B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.81B
Div. yield
–
Full-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Brinker International leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Brinker International 6, Darden Restaurants 4, Bloomin' Brands 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLMNDRIEATLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $782.86M $24.23B $8.17B DRI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 28.3x 20.5x 16.8x EAT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.0x 17.9x 13.2x BLMN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.2% +8.1% +7.9% DRI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.7% 8.8% 8.4% DRI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 4.2% 32.9% 59.4% EAT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x 1.1x 0.4x EAT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +20.3% +13.9% +44.6% EAT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -16.1%/yr +7.9%/yr +32.6%/yr EAT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.8% 27.9% 49.4% DRI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 48/100 79/100 EAT

Percentile Scorecard

BLMNDRIEAT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBLMNDRIEAT
Valuation 86 #8 of 50 33 #34 of 50 67 #17 of 50
Growth 33 #32 of 47 26 #35 of 47 94 #4 of 47
Profitability 44 #26 of 46 80 #10 of 46 93 #4 of 46
Financial Health 18 #42 of 51 26 #38 of 51 54 #24 of 51
Shareholder Returns 28 #24 of 33 75 #9 of 33 88 #5 of 33
Overall 42 48 79
  • BLMN ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants
  • DRI ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants
  • EAT ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBLMNDRIEATSPY
1 month +7.6%-0.7%-13.4% -1.0%
3 months +15.9%+8.2%-2.2% +2.9%
6 months +50.1%+5.6%+31.8% +6.4%
Year to date +49.1%+15.4%+27.3% +11.4%
1 year +20.3%+13.9%+44.6% +13.1%
3 years -60.6%+49.5%+463.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year -26.7%+14.3%+78.0% +21.5%
5 years -58.3%+46.1%+309.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year -16.1%+7.9%+32.6% +10.9%
10 years -46.9%+236.7%+252.2% +255.2%
10 years, per year -6.1%+12.9%+13.4% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureBLMNDRIEATSPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.8%27.9%49.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 63.8%28.1%46.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.190.160.73 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.270.500.90 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.3%-28.1%-50.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.4%-6.7%-28.1% -2.5%
52-week high $11.85$227.72$254.01 $779.14
52-week low $5.26$169.21$102.29 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBLMNDRIEAT
P/E now vs peer median 28.5xmedian 20.6x 20.4xmedian 20.6x 16.4xmedian 20.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 1.1x 1.8xmedian 1.1x 1.3xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 13.3x 12.4xmedian 13.3x 9.6xmedian 13.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 17.3x 23.4xmedian 17.3x 13.8xmedian 17.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 3.1x 11.6xmedian 3.1x 17.4xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median -0.57median 1.04 2.36median 1.04 0.24median 1.04

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBLMNDRIEAT
Revenue $3.98B $13.37B $5.81B
Gross profit $2.79B $4.46B $4.32B
Operating income $47.65M $1.56B $619.90M
Net income $32.19M $1.18B $487.00M
Free cash flow $155.17M $1.03B $557.50M
EPS (diluted) $0.32 $10.33 $10.87
Cash & equivalents $66.61M $220.50M $110.00M
Total debt $702.79M $2.62B $448.00M
Shares (diluted) 86.22M 114.40M 44.80M
Enterprise value $519.01M $23.33B $7.95B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBLMNDRIEAT
P/E 28.5x 20.4x 16.4x
P/FCF 5.1x 23.4x 13.8x
P/Operating cash flow 2.5x 13.4x 9.8x
P/S 0.2x 1.8x 1.3x
P/B 1.8x 11.6x 17.4x
P/Tangible book 67.2x 33.3x 18.0x
EV/EBITDA 5.7x 12.4x 9.6x
EV/EBIT 29.9x 16.9x 13.0x
EV/Revenue 0.4x 2.0x 1.4x
EV/FCF 9.2x 25.7x 14.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.4x 14.8x 10.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.57 2.36 0.24

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLMNDRIEAT
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.2% 8.1% 7.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.7% 7.5% 12.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 0.2% -32.7% 7.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.7% -7.5% 13.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -57.4% 9.1% 21.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -45.7% 8.9% 62.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 2,049% 7.5% 27.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -49.9% 6.3% 68.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 648.7% 10.5% 30.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -50.0% 8.6% 68.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 36.1% 0.7% 16.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -11.4% 8.7% 45.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 305.4% -4.4% 34.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -8.3% 10.0% 98.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLMNDRIEAT
Gross margin 70.1% 33.4% 74.4%
EBITDA margin 6.3% 16.0% 14.4%
Operating margin 1.2% 11.7% 10.7%
Pretax margin 0.0% 10.2% 10.0%
Net margin 0.7% 8.8% 8.4%
FCF margin 3.9% 7.7% 9.6%
Operating cash flow margin 8.0% 13.4% 13.6%
Return on equity 7.9% 55.3% 114.6%
Return on assets 1.1% 9.1% 17.4%
Return on invested capital 4.2% 32.9% 59.4%
Return on capital employed 2.1% 15.9% 29.3%
Asset turnover 1.3x 1.0x 2.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 9.9x 1.5x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.6% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLMNDRIEAT
Debt / assets 22.5% 19.8% 15.9%
Debt / equity 1.6x 1.3x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x 1.1x 0.4x
Debt / FCF 4.5x 2.5x 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 86.0% 84.4% 84.2%
Equity / assets 14.0% 15.6% 15.8%
Interest coverage – – 15.3x
Current ratio 0.3x 0.3x 0.5x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 0.89 2.46 4.92

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLMNDRIEAT
Dividend yield 0.0% 2.9% –
Net buyback yield – 2.8% 5.7%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 5.7% 5.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 39.6% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 8.2% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -80.7% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -42.4% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBLMNDRIEAT
Forward P/E 10.0xFY2026 17.9xFY2026 13.2xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $0.92FY2026 $11.87FY2026 $13.83FY2027
EPS growth, next FY -18.6%FY2026 +11.6%FY2026 +28.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +16.3% +7.9% -0.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.75BFY2026 $14.53BFY2026 $5.98BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY -5.4%FY2026 +10.0%FY2026 +3.0%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +3.2% -3.5% +12.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLMNDRIEAT
Held by institutions 100.0% 97.6% 100.0%
Institutions holding 234 1,083 507
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.7% +1.9% -1.4%
Institutions buying 123 578 279
Institutions selling 76 325 160
Buyers to sellers 1.62 1.78 1.74

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BLMNDRIEAT
BLMN 1.00 0.53 0.41
DRI 0.53 1.00 0.49
EAT 0.41 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLMN, DRI and EAT?

Darden Restaurants (DRI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) $782.86M, Darden Restaurants (DRI) $24.23B, Brinker International (EAT) $8.17B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLMN, DRI and EAT?

Brinker International (EAT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) 28.3x, Darden Restaurants (DRI) 20.5x, Brinker International (EAT) 16.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) is cheapest (Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) 10.0x, Darden Restaurants (DRI) 17.9x, Brinker International (EAT) 13.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Darden Restaurants (DRI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) +1.2%, Darden Restaurants (DRI) +8.1%, Brinker International (EAT) +7.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Darden Restaurants (DRI) has the highest net margin (Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) 0.7%, Darden Restaurants (DRI) 8.8%, Brinker International (EAT) 8.4%). On return on invested capital, Brinker International (EAT) leads (Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) 4.2%, Darden Restaurants (DRI) 32.9%, Brinker International (EAT) 59.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Brinker International (EAT) returned the most: Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) +20.3%, Darden Restaurants (DRI) +13.9%, Brinker International (EAT) +44.6%. Over five years, Brinker International (EAT) compounded fastest (Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) -16.1%/yr, Darden Restaurants (DRI) +7.9%/yr, Brinker International (EAT) +32.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) 0.02%, Darden Restaurants (DRI) 0.00%, Brinker International (EAT) 0.00%. Darden Restaurants (DRI) and Brinker International (EAT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Darden Restaurants (DRI) has been the steadiest (Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) 74.8%, Darden Restaurants (DRI) 27.9%, Brinker International (EAT) 49.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLMN, DRI and EAT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Brinker International (EAT) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.