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Brinker International (EAT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Brinker International (EAT) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.28% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 10.0% to 0.28% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.28%, a 10.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.26%, up 14.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.28% for Q4 2025 at Brinker International, up from 0.28% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.28% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.03% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.13% and a median of 0.11% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: dropped -6bps in 2021, then increased 14bps in 2025.
  • Brinker International's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.12% in 2021, then tumbled by -50bps to 0.06% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 86bps to 0.11% in 2023, then soared by 69bps to 0.19% in 2024, then soared by 52bps to 0.28% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for EAT's Return on Capital Employed are 0.28% (Q4 2025), 0.28% (Q3 2025), and 0.26% (Q2 2025).