Employees: 64,000
Size Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Restaurants) with a market value of $835M, the 2367th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $9.75 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 22.6%, against +8.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 2.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.0%); the operating margin is 2.8% (peer median 5.3%).
Valuation It trades at 10.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 26.0× (2nd cheapest of 17).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 11% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is +6 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.3 points below its cost of capital (7.2% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 14.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.98B | $3.96B | $3.95B | $4.17B | $4.42B |
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | -5% | -6% | — |
| Gross profit | $352M | $352M | $423M | $550M | $581M |
| EBITDA | $294M | $340M | $383M | $486M | $599M |
| Net income | $29.4M | $5.38M | -$128M | $247M | $102M |
| Free cash flow | $155M | $96.8M | $7.39M | $250M | $171M |
| Capital expenditure | $165M | $180M | $221M | $282M | $220M |
| Total debt | $1.92B | $2.02B | $2.29B | $2.04B | $2.17B |
The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | BLMN | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +15.0% | +6.3% | 4th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +22.6% | +8.1% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -19.8% | -12.9% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -2.0% | +8.0% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 5.3% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 10.5× | 26.0× | 2nd cheapest of 17 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 10.6% | 3.9% | 6th most demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.5% | +11.6% | 4th lowest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +6.1 pp | -4.3 pp | 5th most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -3.3 pp | +1.1 pp | 8th lowest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.2× | 13.0× | 5th cheapest of 19 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.3× | 2.0× | 3rd most indebted of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomin' Brands BLMN | United States | $835M | +23% | -2% | 3% | 10.5× | 10.6% | +4.5% |
| Mos Food Services 8153.T | Japan | $845M | +10% | +6% | 5% | 30.3× | 2.2% | +7.4% |
| Kura Sushi 2695.T | Japan | $848M | -2% | +4% | 1% | 48.1× | 21.5% | +12.5% |
| KOMEDA 3543.T | Japan | $859M | -4% | +13% | 17% | 19.2× | -0.7% | +14.7% |
| First Watch Restaurant FWRG | United States | $794M | +6% | +16% | 3% | 53.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Royal 8179.T | Japan | $887M | +5% | +7% | 5% | 24.6× | 5.7% | +14.4% |
| Auntea Jenny (Shanghai) Industrial 2589.HK | Hong Kong | $784M | -61% | +36% | 15% | 8.5× | -7.1% | +23.7% |
| Collins Foods CKF.AX | Australia | $762M | +15% | +5% | 8% | 16.3× | 1.4% | +8.4% |
| Hiday Hidaka 7611.T | Japan | $760M | +11% | +10% | 11% | 23.5× | -3.3% | +16.1% |
| Matsuya Foods 9887.T | Japan | $733M | +7% | +18% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sapphire Foods India SAPPHIRE.NS | India | $715M | +12% | +13% | 4% | 409.8× | 46.7% | +25.1% |
| Maruchiyo Yamaokaya 3399.T | Japan | $710M | +82% | +19% | 11% | 28.4× | 3.5% | +24.7% |
| Cannae CNNE | United States | $700M | +25% | -7% | -17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Biglari BH | United States | $1.01B | +5% | +8% | 5% | n/a | 22.1% | -1.8% |
| Doutor Nichires 3087.T | Japan | $1.03B | +33% | +8% | 7% | 16.3× | -4.7% | +10.6% |
| Restaurant Brands Asia RBA.NS | India | $668M | +31% | +16% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ichibanya 7630.T | Japan | $1.06B | +21% | +8% | 6% | 57.3× | 12.2% | +8.2% |
| Papa John's International PZZA | United States | $650M | -37% | -6% | 5% | 19.7× | 4.8% | +2.5% |
| Westlife Foodworld WESTLIFE.NS | India | $1.08B | +31% | +10% | 5% | 343.5× | 49.0% | +21.7% |
| Ohsho Food Service 9936.T | Japan | $1.11B | -1% | 0% | 7% | 27.5× | 4.2% | +7.7% |
| A&W Food Services of Canada AW.TO | Canada | $625M | 0% | +3% | 30% | 14.0× | 2.6% | -0.6% |