Brinker International reported a decrease in earnings per diluted share on a GAAP basis, primarily due to reduced traffic and incremental expenses related to COVID-19, partially offset by reduced performance-based compensation expenses. Company sales increased due to the acquisition of Chili's restaurants, but comparable restaurant sales experienced significant declines due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earnings per diluted share decreased 38.2% to $0.81 compared to $1.31 in the third quarter of fiscal 2019.
Company sales increased 3.5% to $840.4 million compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2019.
Chili’s company-owned comparable restaurant sales decreased 5.3%.
Maggiano’s company-owned comparable restaurant sales decreased 9.9%.
Brinker International did not provide specific forward guidance in this earnings report. They withdrew their fiscal year 2020 guidance, and do not have any further updates.
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