take brinker, the parent company of chili's and maggiano's.had ceo kevin hochman on the show at the end of january, right after brinker reported one of the best quarters i've ever seen. chili's had 31% same store sales growth, and the whole company earned $2.80 per share, nearly a full dollar ahead of the estimates. in response, the stock shot up more than 16% in a single day, and then it kept running all the way from 154 to 192 in early february. since then, though, brinker has pulled back hard, 141 down substantially from where it was trading before the quarter. so how the heck does the stock collapse like this? in a little over a month after reporting spectacular quarter? now some of it's pure profit taking. at the peak, brinker was up a mind boggling 315% over the previous 12 months. now, some of its valuation, some of the company, some of that's companies keep talking about how they had softer traffic in early february. but that was bad weather. some of its tariff worries weighing on consumer sentiment. given the scale of the decline here

this is brinker international. packaged food out, restaurant stocks in, and this is the hottest.f hike the dark horse of the market -- like the dark horse of the market. up about 250% in the last 52 weeks. triple-digit earnings growth, accelerating revenue growth too and not -- it's the pulled back to the a 50-day line are. the top below 150. jack jon what restaurants? >> chili's parent. jack: what's youred idea, ben? >> i'm looking at something a lot more boring, rt, and, the former raytheon -- rtx. their business had been hurt because jet engines were down and weren't working so so well, they've softed those problems. -- solved those problems. stock looks good. jack: and they make javelin missiles. thanks, guys. to read more, check out this week's edition of barron's.com. don't forget to follow us on x for the latest barron's updates. and that's all for us. we'll see you next wee larry: hello, welcome to code low, i am larry kudl