Casual restaurant chain Dine Brands (NYSE:DIN) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow morning. Here's what to look for.
Last quarter Dine Brands reported revenues of $202.6 million, down 13.1% year on year, missing analyst expectations by 0.2%. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a decent beat of analysts' earnings estimates. On the other hand, its revenue missed Wall Street's estimates.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Dine Brands's revenue to decline 0.8% year on year to $206.2 million, improvement on the 9.4% year-over-year decrease in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.15 per share.
Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company missed Wall St's revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Dine Brands's peers in the sit-down dining segment, some of them have already reported Q4 earnings results, giving us a hint what we can expect. The Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE)'s revenues decreased 1.8% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 0.1% and Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ:TXRH) reported revenues up 15.3% year on year, exceeding estimates by 0.3%. The Cheesecake Factory traded up 1.9% on the results, Texas Roadhouse was flat on the results.
Read the full analysis of The Cheesecake Factory's and Texas Roadhouse's results on StockStory.
Investors in the sit-down dining segment have had steady hands going into the earnings, with the stocks up on average 1.5% over the last month. Dine Brands is down 3.8% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $59.5, compared to share price of $45.7.
