Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.550-0.600 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.680. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Bloomin’ Brands also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.200-1.400 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently commented on BLMN. UBS Group cut their price target on Bloomin’ Brands from $16.00 to $13.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Bank of America downgraded Bloomin’ Brands from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $18.00 to $13.00 in a research note on Monday, January 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on Bloomin’ Brands from $19.00 to $14.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, November 12th. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on shares of Bloomin’ Brands from $20.00 to $16.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on shares of Bloomin’ Brands in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. They issued a “sell” rating and a $13.00 target price on the stock. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and ten have assigned a hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Bloomin’ Brands presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $16.30.

Bloomin’ Brands Price Performance

Shares of BLMN stock traded down $2.00 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $9.90. 8,225,128 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,896,714. The company has a market cap of $839.95 million, a PE ratio of -89.99 and a beta of 1.97. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $11.98 and a 200 day moving average of $14.34. The company has a quick ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.46. Bloomin’ Brands has a 52-week low of $9.57 and a 52-week high of $30.13.

Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The restaurant operator reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.38. Bloomin’ Brands had a positive return on equity of 62.18% and a negative net margin of 0.12%. Research analysts anticipate that Bloomin’ Brands will post 1.8 earnings per share for the current year.

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.