Bloomin' Brands, Inc. BLMN

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
39/100
Developing

Ranked against 56 peers in Restaurants

About Bloomin' Brands, Inc.

Bloomin' Brands, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates casual, polished casual, and fine dining restaurants in the United States and internationally. The company operates through U.S. and International Franchise segments. Its restaurant portfolio has four concepts, including Outback Steakhouse, a casual steakhouse restaurant; Carrabba's Italian Grill that offers authentic Italian cuisine; Bonefish Grill; and Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine … Full BLMN analysis →

Key risks

  • Liquidity Concerns Liquidity is concerning (score 0.17), raising questions about short-term obligations.
  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.27), suggesting limited competitive advantage.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where BLMN ranks in Restaurants

Bloomin' Brands, Inc. ranks #36 of 57 scored companies in Restaurants by moat score — the top 63%. The widest moat in the group is Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) at 83/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
32 First Watch Restaurant Group, I FWRG 45/100 Developing
33 Chanson International Holding CHSN 45/100 Developing
34 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. RRGB 44/100 Developing
35 Good Times Restaurants Inc. GTIM 39/100 Developing
36 Bloomin' Brands, Inc. BLMN 39/100 Developing
37 Kura Sushi USA, Inc. KRUS 37/100 Developing
38 The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. STKS 36/100 Developing
39 Jack In The Box Inc. JACK 34/100 Developing
40 Ark Restaurants Corp. ARKR 32/100 Developing

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How BLMN scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 33 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 64 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 50 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 26 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 36 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 28 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding BLMN's moat

What is Bloomin' Brands, Inc.'s moat score?

Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (BLMN) scores 39 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #36 of 57 scored companies in Restaurants, the top 63%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 56 companies in Restaurants. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (64/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (26/100).

How does Bloomin' Brands, Inc. compare with other Restaurants companies?

Bloomin' Brands, Inc. ranks #36 of 57 scored companies in Restaurants by moat score. The widest moat in Restaurants is Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Good Times Restaurants Inc. (GTIM) at 39 just above it and Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (KRUS) at 37 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 56 companies in Restaurants. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Bloomin' Brands, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Bloomin' Brands, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and BLMN scores: Pricing Power (33), Cost Advantage (64), Customer Stickiness (50), Capital Efficiency (26), Resilience (36), Scale & Market Position (28). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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