Jim Cramer Just Couldn’t Stop Talking About These 13 Stocks

3. Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders In Q2 2025: 52

Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT), the casual dining restaurant chain that owns Chili’s and Maggiano’s, has performed well on the stock market in 2025. Its shares have gained 13.3% year-to-date as the firm has benefited from strong business performance. For instance, Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT)’s latest quarterly results saw the firm report an unbelievable 23.7% same-store sales growth with Chili’s. Cramer believes that affordability lies at the heart of Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT)’s performance, as he compared the firm to CAVA and Sweetgreens:

“They’re too high. Costs too much. Versus when you go to Brinker and you get that ten dollar burger with a three for me, they use top shelf. . .”

Here are the CNBC TV host’s previous thoughts about Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT):

“That’s Kevin Hochman. He is so great. What Hochman realized is that America isn’t ready for north of ten bucks. It is delicious. . .they use really good tequila, and I think it’s one of the better places that, I go to with my wife. And we walk out and we say we gave them a beating!

“Well I’ve got Kevin Hochman, who really is the great restaurateur of our time and he does it quietly. I happen to think that Chili’s is a dynamite place to eat, he also owns Maggiano’s, but what Kevin understood was that you got to, you keep it cheap, they’ll come. Value .

“[On how operating margin jumped four points despite low prices] I know, I know, that’s, well cause he’s a great operator and really understands things.”