Brinker International (EAT) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Brinker International's (EAT) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 28.64% in Q1 2026, up 534.0% year-on-year from 4.52% in Q1 2025, and up 0.75% on a QoQ basis from 28.43% in Q4 2025.
Brinker International (EAT) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Brinker International (EAT) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 28.64% in Q1 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 534.0% year-over-year to 28.64% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 28.64%, a 534.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 26.12%, up 1415.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 28.64%, up from 28.43% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for EAT reached as high as 28.64% in Q1 2026 and fell as low as 5.95% in Q4 2022.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 15.05% across 5 years, with a median of 11.49% in 2022.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 598 bps in 2022 and surged 1440 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
- Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 5.95% in 2022, then soared by 86 bps to 11.04% in 2023, then surged by 69 bps to 18.68% in 2024, then soared by 52 bps to 28.43% in 2025, then gained by 1 bps to 28.64% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 28.64% in Q1 2026, 28.43% in Q4 2025, and 27.58% in Q3 2025.
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| 10 | Brinker International | 7.99 Bn | 7.93 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 28.64% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 | 28.64% |
| Dec 24, 2025 | 28.43% |
| Sep 24, 2025 | 27.58% |
| Jun 25, 2025 | 26.26% |
| Mar 26, 2025 | 23.30% |
| Dec 25, 2024 | 18.68% |
| Sep 25, 2024 | 13.18% |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 11.95% |
| Mar 27, 2024 | 11.22% |
| Dec 27, 2023 | 11.04% |
| Sep 27, 2023 | 9.71% |
| Jun 28, 2023 | 7.42% |
| Mar 29, 2023 | 6.78% |
| Dec 28, 2022 | 5.95% |
| Sep 28, 2022 | 5.96% |
| Jun 29, 2022 | 8.34% |
| Mar 30, 2022 | 11.49% |
| Dec 29, 2021 | 11.93% |
| Sep 29, 2021 | 11.39% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 11.58% |