Brinker International, Inc. (EAT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call January 28, 2026 10:00 AM EST
Company Participants
Kim Sanders – Vice President of Investor & Government Relations
Kevin Hochman – President, CEO & Director
Mika Ware – Executive VP & CFO
Conference Call Participants
Dennis Geiger – UBS Investment Bank, Research Division
Christopher O’Cull – Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Research Division
David Palmer – Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division
John Ivankoe – JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division
Jeffrey Farmer – Gordon Haskett Research Advisors
Jon Tower – Citigroup Inc., Research Division
Brian Harbour – Morgan Stanley, Research Division
Brian Vaccaro – Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division
Eric Gonzalez – KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Research Division
Hyun Jin Cho – Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division
Sara Senatore – BofA Securities, Research Division
Jeffrey Bernstein – Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division
Andrew Strelzik – BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Presentation
Operator
Good day, and welcome to the Brinker International’s Q2 F ’26 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] It is now my pleasure to turn the floor over to your host, Kim Sanders, Vice President of Investor Relations. Ma’am, the floor is yours.
Kim Sanders
Vice President of Investor & Government Relations
Thank you, Holly, and good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us on today’s call. Here with me today are Kevin Hochman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Brinker International and President of Chili’s; and Mika Ware, Chief Financial Officer. Results for our second quarter were released earlier this morning and are available on our website at brinker.com. As usual, Kevin and Mika will first make prepared comments related to our strategic initiatives and operating performance.
Then we will open the call for your questions. Before beginning our comments, I would like to remind everyone of our safe harbor regarding forward-looking statements. During our call, management may discuss certain items which are
