Citi is moving off the sidelines when it comes to Brinker International . The bank upgraded shares of the casual restaurant operator, which owns the Chili's and Maggiano's Little Italy restaurant chains, to a buy rating from neutral. Analyst Jon Tower also lifted his target price to $176 from $144, which points to a 25% gain ahead. One tailwind for the stock is a more favorable cost backdrop emerging, Tower wrote. EAT YTD mountain EAT YTD chart "Brazil tariffs dropping will take pressure off EAT's beef outlook, a key pressure point in the brand's more muted FY26 margin outlook on the F1Q call," he said. While costs will decrease, the analyst continues to see still-strong sales and sales drivers in place that could carry momentum through next year. Chili's has also been able to lure younger

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