Restaurant Brands International 3Q Profit, Revenue Rise on U.S. Burger King Sales

By Adriano Marchese

Restaurant Brands International reported higher third-quarter profit as strong U.S. demand at Burger King helped drive revenues higher.

The company, which also houses the Tim Hortons and Popeyes brands, posted net income of $704 million, or $1.54 a share, up from $440 million, or 96 cents a share, in the comparable quarter a year ago.

Adjusted earnings were $1.10 a share. According to FactSet, analysts were expecting $1.08 a share.

Total revenues rose to $2.53 billion from $2.45 billion. Analysts were expecting a rise to $2.55 billion.

Comparable sales, a metric that compares the performance of the network of restaurants that have been open for at least a year, decelerated to 3.8% from 4%.

System-wide sales growth, which measures all the sales generated by the entire network of restaurants, decelerated to 6.2% from 6.9% a year earlier, reaching $12.97 billion.

Comparable sales growth at its Burger King brand accelerated to 8.3% from 3.1%. In the U.S. comparable sales were of 8.4%.

At Tim Hortons comparable sales growth decelerated to 1.5% from 4.2%, while at Popeyes, comparable sales contracted by 1.8%, compared with a 2.4% fall a year earlier.

RBI's international segment comparable sales decelerated to a growth rate of 3.9% from 6.5%.

Write to Adriano Marchese at adriano.marchese@wsj.com

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October 29, 2026 07:19 ET (11:19 GMT)