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RBC Capital Remains Sidelined on Brinker International (EAT) Following 4Q - PT to $55

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Piper Jaffray Raises Price Target on Brinker International (EAT) to $50 Following 4Q

August 12, 2016 8:08 AM EDT

Piper Jaffray reiterated a Neutral rating on Brinker International (NYSE: EAT), and raised the price target to $50.00 (from $49.00), following the company's 4Q earnings report. Fourth-quarter operating earnings increased 31.2% y/y to $1.24 per share, in-line with the Street's $1.23. Unchanged FY17 estimates of... More

Fitch Cuts Brinker International (EAT) to 'BB+' Following Q4 Results

August 11, 2016 11:48 AM EDT

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Brinker International, Inc.'s (NYSE: EAT) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'BB+' from 'BBB-'. The Rating Outlook is Stable.

The downgrade reflects a shift towards a more aggressive financial policy that Fitch projects will result in leverage (total adjusted debt/EBITDAR) moving up by 0.5x to around 4x in fiscal 2017, versus the previous expectation for leverage to be in the mid-3x in fiscal 2017 and versus 3.4x in fiscal 2016. Brinker announced that it plans to increase leverage in the range of $250 to $300 million in the... More

Pre-Open Stock Movers 08/11: (KURA) (M) (KSS) Higher; (AVGR) (AMRN) (SHAK) Lower (more...)

August 11, 2016 9:31 AM EDT

Today's Pre-Open Stock Movers

Kura Oncology (NASDAQ: KURA) 47.9% HIGHER; In the companys Phase 2 trial of tipifarnib in HRAS mutant solid tumors, positive clinical activity, including objective responses, has been observed in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas and patients with salivary gland cancer. Based on these responses, enrollment will be expanded to an additional seven patients.

Avinger, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGR) 17%... More

Brinker International (EAT) Tops Q4 EPS by 1c; Guides FY17 EPS Below Views

August 11, 2016 7:17 AM EDT

Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) reported Q4 EPS of $1.24, $0.01 better than the analyst estimate of $1.23. Revenue for the quarter came in at $881.7 million versus the consensus estimate of $881.43 million.

Chili's fourth quarter company-owned comparable restaurant sales1 decreased 1.8 percentMaggiano's fourth quarter comparable restaurant sales1 decreased 1.7... More

Trading Radar for 8/11: NVIDIA (NVDA), Macy's (M), Himax (HIMX), Nordstrom (JWN), voxeljet (VJET) Report

August 10, 2016 3:09 PM EDT

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for the next trading session:

Before Markets Open:
Economics:
8:30am EDT

Initial Claims - Street sees 266kContinuing Claims - no Street consensusExport Prices ex. ag - no Street consensusImport Prices ex. oil - no Street consensus

Earnings:

AIXTRON SE (Nasdaq: AIXG) - consensus loss $0.11
Akers Biosciences (Nasdaq: AKER) - no Street consensus
Alibaba (Nasdaq: BABA) - consensus EPS $0.63
American DG Energy (Nasdaq:... More