Forensic Analysis · Retail / Consumer Discretionary · as of Aug 11, 2026

Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (BLMN)

A forensic read on Bloomin' Brands, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

D · Weak — demands caution

Forensic grade

Distress

Financial health

-1.8

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

42.9

P / E (ttm)

2.5%

ROE

$952M

Market cap

4.00%

Dividend yield

0.1%

Revenue growth

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Bloomin' Brands, Inc. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads -1.8, placing it in the Distress zone. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

1.3%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 1.3% in the latest fiscal year and slipping from 10% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.

$30M

FY2020–FY2025

Goodwill impairments. Took $30M of goodwill writedowns across 2 years (FY2020 ($2M), FY2025 ($28M)) — about 11% of net income over the span. Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them.

-53%

FY2024→FY2025

Dividend — cut. The payout was CUT ~53% in FY2025 (from FY2024). It still returns some cash, but it is NOT the dependable, rising dividend an unbroken streak implies.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$3.96B

Revenue Growth YoY+0.1%

Revenue CAGR (3yr)-0.4%

Net Margin0.2%

Free Cash Flow$96.8M

Return on Equity2.5%

Debt / Equity2.36x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Aug 11, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.