Comparing Casual Dining & Family Dining Concepts Same-Store Sales Trends

By Mark Kalinowski Published on May 21, 2020 at 12:00 AM

A number of full-service restaurant companies have been generous as of late in terms of providing weekly same-store sales data. In this report, we compile and compare the recent same-store sales trends of various casual dining and family dining concepts. We also look at some segment trends, and see what this may imply for recent same-store trends of these concepts that have not yet provided samestore sales results for the last few weeks.

DIN (Post-Call) Better-Than-Expected Positioning to Weather COVID-19 Issues

By Mark Kalinowski Published on April 29, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Earlier today, Dine Brands (DIN; Buy, $48.13) reported adjusted Q1 EPS of $1.45, well above our $0.90 forecast and sell-side consensus (according to Consensus Metrix) of $1.12. Shares are up intraday by over 20%+ due to the earnings beat and better other details than the Street generally expected.

BlackBox Implications for Restaurant Industry Same-Store Sales

By Mark Kalinowski Published on March 5, 2020 at 12:00 AM

This is the final report in our series of reports showing the correlation between the widely-watched BlackBox Index — which aggregates same-store sales from 175+ restaurant concepts representing $75 billion in domestic systemwide sales — with various publicly-traded restaurant concepts’ same-store sales.