Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) Releases Q4 2025 Earnings Guidance

Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) updated its fourth quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.230-0.280 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.260. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Bloomin’ Brands also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.100-1.150 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently issued reports on BLMN. Barclays reduced their target price on Bloomin’ Brands from $9.00 to $7.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Bloomin’ Brands in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on Bloomin’ Brands from $8.00 to $6.50 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 7th. Zacks Research lowered Bloomin’ Brands from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, September 29th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on Bloomin’ Brands from $10.00 to $8.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 7th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $9.88.

Bloomin’ Brands Stock Up 4.9%

Shares of BLMN opened at $7.23 on Thursday. Bloomin’ Brands has a 52 week low of $6.09 and a 52 week high of $17.57. The company has a quick ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 0.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.29. The company has a market capitalization of $615.04 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -144.60 and a beta of 1.26. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $7.22 and its 200-day moving average price is $8.00.

Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $1 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $974.69 million. Bloomin’ Brands had a positive return on equity of 44.03% and a negative net margin of 0.12%.Bloomin’ Brands’s revenue for the quarter was up .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.51 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Bloomin’ Brands will post 1.8 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Bloomin’ Brands

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Bloomin’ Brands by 6.0% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 46,395 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $333,000 after acquiring an additional 2,622 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its position in shares of Bloomin’ Brands by 10.0% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 30,343 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $261,000 after acquiring an additional 2,755 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in shares of Bloomin’ Brands by 83,825.0% in the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 3,357 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 3,353 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Bloomin’ Brands by 178.1% in the second quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 10,378 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $88,000 after acquiring an additional 6,646 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quantinno Capital Management LP lifted its position in shares of Bloomin’ Brands by 23.6% in the second quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 41,073 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $354,000 after acquiring an additional 7,833 shares in the last quarter.

About Bloomin’ Brands

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc engages in the acquisition, operation, design, and development of restaurant concepts. It operates through the U.S. and International geographical segments. The U.S. segment operates in the USA and Puerto Rico. The International segment operates in Brazil, South Korea, Hong Kong, and China.