Insider Cluster (2 insiders) ·Filed Aug 31, 2026

EAT

BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC
NEUTRAL
Impact 3/10
Horizonimmediate Processed1mo ago
Insider cluster: 2 insiders, $6.2M total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

The insider cluster is dominated by non-cash grants and tax-withholding surrenders. The sole material open-market sale (Director DePinto, $5.76M) is 0.06% of the $9.5B market cap—too small to be informative. Monitor future filings for any C-suite open-market buying or selling, which would carry more signal than this routine cluster.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencehigh
Horizonimmediate
Latest settled — T+20d ⚠ clustered
EAT ▼ -17.29% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call ✗ call lost -17.29% · α vs SPY -17.61% · entry $233.98 → $193.53
Next anchor: T+60d in 8w
Entry anchored
Aug 31, 04:02 PM ET
via 1-min bar
T+1d
-1.27%
call -1.27% · α -1.72%
$231.00
settled 4w ago
T+5d
-7.98%
call -7.98% · α -8.06%
$215.31
settled 24d ago
T+20d
-17.29%
call -17.29% · α -17.61%
$193.53
settled 3d ago
T+60d
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call — · α —
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in 8w

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Executive Summary

Director Joseph DePinto sold $5.76M in open-market EAT stock on August 28, while the CEO and CFO both had routine tax-withholding share surrenders near $230-233. The $5.76M sale is 0.06% of the $9.5B market cap—proportionally trivial—and the cluster also includes multiple non-cash grants that signal no bearish urgency.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$6.2M
Insiders
2

Key Facts

  • Director DePinto sold 25,000 shares on 2026-08-28 for $5.76M in open-market sale
  • SVP Fuller sold 1,900 shares on 2026-08-25 for $484K (open-market sale)
  • CEO Hochman surrendered 7,237 shares for tax withholding at $233.27 (non-cash event)
  • CFO Ware surrendered 423 shares for tax withholding (non-cash event)
  • Multiple directors and officers received stock grants on 2026-08-27 (non-cash awards)
  • Total sell value ($6.24M) is 0.066% of $9.5B market cap, well below 0.1% materiality threshold
  • Institutional consensus 77% bullish (20 buy, 6 hold, 0 sell)

Financial Impact

Director sale of $5.76M and SVP sale of $484K total $6.24M, representing 0.066% of market cap

dilution

Risk Factors

  • Director open-market sale could precede further selling in a higher-volume window
  • Insider selling may increase if stock continues near recent highs post-rally

Market Snapshot

Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Retail-Eating Places
Analyst Consensus
77% bullish (26 analysts)

Investment Themes

Consumer & Retail

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-EAT-1788301311606
16 reports for EAT
Performance horizon
50% Hit rate 3 of 6 directional calls best @ T+20▲ +18.56%Aug 24, 2026
Filters
Rows
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TypeNow
Sep 10, 2026
22d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$214.69 $199.56▼ −7.05%▼ −6.55%$202.00 (−5.91%)
Sep 2, 2026
4w ago
Court Ruling
BULLISH ★ 5/10
$231.00 $214.69▼ −7.06%▼ −6.10%$202.00 (−12.55%)
Aug 31, 2026
4w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$233.98 $215.31▼ −7.98%▼ −8.06%$202.00 (−13.67%)
Aug 31, 2026
4w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$233.98 $215.31▼ −7.98%▼ −8.06%$202.00 (−13.67%)
Aug 27, 2026
5w ago
Institutional Cluster
MIXED ★ 6/10
$233.22 $228.88▼ −1.86%▼ −2.13%$202.00 (−13.39%)
Aug 26, 2026
5w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$233.22 $228.88▼ −1.86%▼ −2.13%$202.00 (−13.39%)
Aug 26, 2026
5w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$233.22 $228.88▼ −1.86%▼ −2.13%$202.00 (−13.39%)
Aug 26, 2026
5w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$233.22 $228.88▼ −1.86%▼ −2.13%$202.00 (−13.39%)
Aug 24, 2026
5w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$253.94 $228.50▲ +10.02%▲ +10.49%$202.00 (+20.45%)
Aug 17, 2026
6w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$235.65 $248.70▼ −5.54%▼ −5.74%$202.00 (+14.28%)
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Report published Sep 1, 2026