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

Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) issued an update on its fourth quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. 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.

Bloomin’ Brands Trading Down 11.5%

NASDAQ:BLMN traded down $0.83 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $6.40. The company had a trading volume of 4,425,627 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,529,386. Bloomin’ Brands has a fifty-two week low of $6.09 and a fifty-two week high of $17.18. The business’s fifty day moving average is $7.20 and its two-hundred day moving average is $7.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.29, a quick ratio of 0.35 and a current ratio of 0.43. The firm has a market cap of $544.44 million, a P/E ratio of -128.00 and a beta of 1.26.

Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) last released its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The restaurant operator reported ($0.03) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.09. Bloomin’ Brands had a positive return on equity of 44.03% and a negative net margin of 0.12%.The firm had revenue of $928.81 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $905.59 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.21 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. Bloomin’ Brands has set its FY 2025 guidance at 1.100-1.150 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 0.230-0.280 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Bloomin’ Brands will post 1.8 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently commented on BLMN. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on Bloomin’ Brands from $8.00 to $6.50 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on Bloomin’ Brands from $10.00 to $8.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. Barclays dropped their price target 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. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Bloomin’ Brands from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered Bloomin’ Brands from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Monday, September 29th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $9.88.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Bloomin’ Brands

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Public Sector Pension Investment Board raised its position in Bloomin’ Brands by 7.4% in the 2nd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 257,154 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $2,214,000 after buying an additional 17,675 shares during the last quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Bloomin’ Brands in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $242,000. Headlands Technologies LLC raised its position in Bloomin’ Brands by 146.0% in the 2nd quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 21,426 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $184,000 after buying an additional 12,717 shares during the last quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury raised its position in Bloomin’ Brands by 84.2% in the 2nd quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 34,493 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $297,000 after buying an additional 15,766 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tidal Investments LLC acquired a new stake in Bloomin’ Brands in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $99,000.

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.