Brinker International, Inc. ($EAT) Cautious Buy or Hold to $51 Confident Investor Rating: Fair

Company name Brinker International, Inc.
Stock ticker EAT
Live stock price [stckqut]EAT[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Fair
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $49.16
Target stock price (averages with growth) $63.75
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $54.15
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $49.1

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=eat

Brinker International, Inc. (Brinker) owns, develops, operates and franchises the Chili’s Grill & Bar (Chili’s) and Maggiano’s Little Italy (Maggiano’s) restaurant brands. As of June 27, 2013 (fiscal 2013), the Company’s system of Company-owned and franchised restaurants included 1,591 restaurants located in 50 states, and Washington, D.C. It also has restaurants in the Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Brinker International, Inc. as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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How was this analysis of Brinker International, Inc. calculated?

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

  • Stock price at the time of the calculation: $48.16
  • Growth: 0.11
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.47
  • P/E: 19
  • Future EPS Calc: $4.16
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $79.07
  • Target stock price: $49.1

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