Overview

* Bloomin' Brands Q2 2025 revenue rises 0.3% yr/yr, beating analyst expectations

* Adjusted EPS for Q2 2025 beats consensus, despite higher costs

* Company maintains dividend of $0.15, no share repurchases in 2025

Outlook

* Bloomin' Brands ( BLMN ) expects 2025 EPS of $0.80 to $0.90

* Company forecasts 2025 adjusted EPS of $1.00 to $1.10

* Q3 2025 adjusted loss per share expected between ($0.15) and ($0.10)

* Company anticipates 2025 commodity inflation of 3% to 3.5%

Result Drivers

* RESTAURANT OPENINGS - Revenue increase driven by net impact of restaurant openings and closures, partially offset by lower franchise revenues

* HIGHER COSTS - Restaurant-level operating margin decreased due to higher labor, commodity, and operating costs, mainly due to inflation

* PRICING STRATEGY - Higher average check per person due to pricing helped offset some cost increases

Key Details

Metric Beat/Mis Actual Consensu

s s

Estimate

Q2 Beat $1 bln $983.70

Revenue mln (11

Analysts

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Q2 Beat $0.32 $0.28

Adjusted (12

EPS Analysts

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Q2 EPS $0.29

Q2 3.5%

Adjusted

Operatin

g Income

Margin

Q2 $0.15

Dividend

Analyst Coverage

* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and the breakdown of recommendations is 1 "strong buy" or "buy", 10 "hold" and 2 "sell" or "strong sell"

* The average consensus recommendation for the restaurants & bars peer group is "buy."

* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Bloomin' Brands Inc ( BLMN ) is $9.00, about 0.6% above its August 5 closing price of $8.95

* The stock recently traded at 7 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 6 three months ago

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(This story was created using Reuters automation and AI based on LSEG and company data. It was checked and edited by a Reuters journalist prior to publication.)