Brinker International Inc.’s stock EAT rose 2.9% premarket Wednesday, after the operator of fast-casual chains Chili’s, Grill & Bar and Maggiano’s Little Italy, posted better-than-expected earnings for its fiscal first quarter and offered guidance that topped consensus estimates . The Dallas-based company had net income of $7.2 million, or 16 cents a share, for the quarter through Sept. 27, after a loss of $30.2 million, or 69 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Adjusted for special items, the company had EPS of 28 cents, well ahead of the 5 cent FactSet consensus. Revenue rose to $1.013 billion from $955.5 million…
