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While you may have an investing style you rely on, finding great stocks is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores. These are complementary indicators that rate stocks based on value, growth, and/or momentum characteristics.
Different than growth or momentum investors, value-focused investors are all about finding good stocks at good prices, and discovering which companies are trading under what their true value is before the broader market catches on. The Value Style Score utilizes ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow to help pick out the most attractive and discounted stocks.
Based in Dallas, TX, Brinker International owns, operates, develops and franchises various restaurants under Chili’s Grill & Bar (Chili’s) and Maggiano’s Little Italy (Maggiano’s) brands. The company took over Chili’s, Inc., a Texas-based corporation, in September 1983 and completed the acquisition of Maggiano’s in August 1995.
EAT is a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock, with a Value Style Score of B and VGM Score of A. Shares are currently trading at a forward P/E of 24.2X for the current fiscal year compared to the Retail - Restaurants industry's P/E of 22.8X. Additionally, EAT has a PEG Ratio of 1.5 and a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 17.9X. Value investors should also note EAT's Price/Sales ratio of 1.4X.
A company's earnings performance is important for value investors as well. For fiscal 2025, four analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for EAT, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.44 to $5.96 per share. EAT also holds an average earnings surprise of 12.1%.
With strong valuation and earnings metrics, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Value and VGM Style Scores, investors should strongly think about adding EAT to their portfolios.
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