Brinker International, Inc. (EAT)

This met a high level screen to indicate a buy and strong outperform against its peers (other tickers in its industry). My 1st version of this spreadsheet devles deep into the company's balnace sheet and recent income statements, combined with other relevant price data for the company including insider/institutional holdings, short interest, debt levels, etc.
Testing capabilities of this 1st version of my automated, valuation spreadhseet matched with my personal criteria and see how it holds up.

Dropped Macaroni Grill. Starting to see an increase in guest traffic.

When the overly optimistic FOMC says that household spending will be "constrained" by sluggish income growth, ongoing job losses, lower household wealth, and tight credit AND Shanghai stocks hit a seven-week low, then you know this bear market rally is finally over!

Yuck

it may take a while for the company to strengthen its balance sheet and for the market to value their franchise, but when they do, this is a 3-bagger

The 1929-1930 equity rally (coming out of The Great Depression) lasted 147 days and the market was up 46%. It has been the same amount of time since the March, 2009 low and we are up about the same percentage. It’s déjà vu (paramnesia), so prepare for a drop of about the same percentage (85%).

good eats

GOOD EATS

This stock dropped from the low $20's to the $5 range. It has now bounced back and is approaching that $20 plateau. While it had a nice ride up from $5, I don't believe it will keep pace with the expected return of the S&P.

eat-fools we all gotta, can't understand why this is a 1 star. i own yum, dri, mcd & am making money. may buy in 2 qtr if things appear ok. fool on!!!!!!!

I want my profits back, profits back, profits back. Chiliiii's profitless ribs!

Shorting the recent bounce and 21 P/E.

Casual dining approaching upscale price; SSS off across the board 5% - doubt recent move is sustainable

Restaurant business is going to be rough for a while as its mostly tied to expendable income.

This might be foolish since Brinker appears to be slightly undervalued to me based on a DCF analysis, but after the 23% bounce this morning, I'm going to get a little aggressive and call "underperform" on EAT. Dine-in restaurants will continue to suffer throughout '09 and maybe through '10 or longer. This will probably be one of the last industries to recover from a recession since consumers won't start spending more until they feel safe again. Plus, I'm not too hot on Brinker's restaurants --- there are a lot better places to eat out there than Chili's. So even if this thing is probably slightly undervalued, the rest of the market is more undervalued.

Now that Christmas is over and people sit down to pay the bills, restaurants will be among the first to take a hit

Real estate costs will hurt EAT as well

great food, strong mgmt with vision to grow

This company is continually looking for ways to improve, from menu to service. It's menu is priced well. It will gain customers from the upper end market. Pricing and good food keep this company viable. The amount of time and money given back to the community is incredible. This stock can only go up.

Less disposable income will result in less eating out. This stock should continue to be battered until we come out of this mess.