Brinker International (EAT) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Brinker International (EAT) reported Gross Margin of 74.62% for Q1 2026, down 60.0% year-over-year from 186.56% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 74.49% in Q4 2025.
Brinker International (EAT) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Brinker International (EAT) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 74.62% in Q1 2026.
- Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 74.62%, down 60.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 74.58% (down 49.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 74.92%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin was little changed at 74.62% in Q1 2026 per EAT's latest filing, from 74.49% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 75.34% in Q2 2024 and troughed at 69.7% in Q3 2022.
- A 5-year average of 73.85% and a median of 74.49% in 2025 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin slumped 356 bps in 2022, then surged 474 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 71.6% in 2022, then advanced by 4 bps to 74.57% in 2023, then increased by 0 bps to 74.68% in 2024, then retreated by 0 bps to 74.49% in 2025, then rose by 0 bps to 74.62% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows EAT's Gross Margin at 74.62% in Q1 2026, 74.49% in Q4 2025, and 74.46% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 | 74.62% |
| Dec 24, 2025 | 74.49% |
| Sep 24, 2025 | 74.46% |
| Jun 25, 2025 | 74.74% |
| Mar 26, 2025 | 75.22% |
| Dec 25, 2024 | 74.68% |
| Sep 25, 2024 | 75.04% |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 75.34% |
| Mar 27, 2024 | 75.20% |
| Dec 27, 2023 | 74.57% |
| Sep 27, 2023 | 74.44% |
| Jun 28, 2023 | 73.97% |
| Mar 29, 2023 | 73.46% |
| Dec 28, 2022 | 71.60% |
| Sep 28, 2022 | 69.70% |
| Jun 29, 2022 | 71.50% |
| Mar 30, 2022 | 72.43% |
| Dec 29, 2021 | 72.69% |
| Sep 29, 2021 | 73.27% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 74.07% |