Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Flanigan's Enterprises, Inc. BDL
$46.51 -1.52% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $86.4M
Strong growthStrong trendInexpensive vs sector
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.57, up 587.1% year over year.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 92 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $214.5M, up 6.3% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 40%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 2%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 13%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 20%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 44%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 48%
- Gross marginBottom 16%
- Operating marginBottom 43%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 32%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 47%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
- Interest coverTop 31%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 19%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 43%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 7%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 15%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 29%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 13%
- 6-month returnTop 12%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 11%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 12%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 7%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 8%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 12%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.9% | 6.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 768.5% | 587.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 16.7% | 18.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 4.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 1.2% | 2.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.3% | 5.9% | ↑ | Top 40% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 587.1% | 768.5% | ↓ | Top 2% |
| Gross margin | 18.3% | 16.7% | ↑ | Bottom 16% |
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 3.9% | ↑ | Bottom 43% |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 2.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.7% | 1.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% | — | Top 48% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.1% | — | Top 20% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.44×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -11.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.50×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 9.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.29%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.29%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | — | +4.3% | +18.9% | +10.6% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | — | +0.0% | +3.4% | +20.6% | +52.0% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | — | -2.7% | -3.6% | +1.6% | -7.2% |
| Dec 19, 2025 | — | -3.4% | +2.0% | +8.4% | +19.4% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | — | +0.0% | -1.1% | -10.7% | +1.4% |
| May 19, 2025 | — | -0.6% | +12.9% | +31.1% | +29.0% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | — | +1.2% | +1.2% | +2.2% | -5.0% |
| Dec 27, 2024 | — | +2.0% | -0.1% | +3.1% | -0.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | $1.11 | — | — | $56.2M |
| May 12, 2026 | $1.55 | — | — | $56.5M |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $0.43 | — | — | $52.6M |
| Dec 19, 2025 | $0.48 | — | — | $49.2M |
| Aug 12, 2025 | $0.75 | — | — | $52.2M |
| May 19, 2025 | $1.45 | — | — | $53.4M |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.03 | — | — | $50.3M |
| Dec 27, 2024 | $0.10 | — | — | $46.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 13.0× | 9.5× | 74th | Top 19% |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.0× | — | — | Top 7% |
| EV / Sales | 0.54× | — | — | Top 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.59% | — | — | Top 43% |
| Earnings yield | 7.68% | — | — | Top 19% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.2× – 62.9× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +51.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +587.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -80.6%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 7
- Days above the 200-day average
- 92
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +3.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +26.7%
- RSI (14)
- 54.2
- Relative volume
- 4.06×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 66.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 91th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.55
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.19
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -10.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -29.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2021 | Apr 21, 2025 | -43.5% | 952 days | 290 days (Jun 16, 2026) |
| May 25, 2021 | May 27, 2021 | -27.5% | 2 days | 5 days (Jun 4, 2021) |
| Aug 26, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | -20.3% | 17 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 | -19.2% | 19 days | 13 days (Aug 13, 2026) |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | -15.7% | 4 days | 16 days (Jan 13, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $86.4M
- P/E (TTM)
- 13.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.57
- Revenue (TTM)
- $214.5M
- Dividend yield
- 1.29%
- 52-week range
- $27.55 – $52.12
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $137.0M | $158.0M | $174.4M | $188.3M | $205.2M |
| Gross profit | $28.7M | $40.4M | $32.8M | $40.9M | $39.0M |
| Operating income | $8.7M | $6.9M | $7.0M | $6.4M | $8.1M |
| Net income | $11.8M | $6.3M | $4.0M | $3.4M | $5.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.34 | $3.40 | $2.15 | $1.81 | $2.71 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $46.0M | $50.3M | $53.4M | $52.2M | $49.2M | $52.6M | $56.5M | $56.2M |
| Net income | $184,000 | $55,000 | $2.7M | $1.4M | $896,000 | $805,000 | $2.9M | $2.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.71 | $0.03 | $1.45 | $0.75 | $0.48 | $0.43 | $1.55 | $1.11 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $14.0M | $10.5M | $8.5M | $6.6M | $10.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$11.3M | -$9.6M | -$18.7M | -$5.2M | -$6.2M |
| Free cash flow | $2.7M | $948,000 | -$10.2M | $1.4M | $4.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$1.9M | -$838,000 | -$929,000 | -$1.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $28.8M
- Total assets
- $157.5M
- Total liabilities
- $73.3M
- Total debt
- $57.7M
- Net debt
- $28.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $69.8M
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2026 | $0.60 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Jun 12, 2025 | $0.55 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Jun 14, 2024 | $0.50 | Jun 28, 2024 |
| Jun 9, 2023 | $0.45 | Jun 26, 2023 |
| Mar 30, 2022 | $1.00 | Apr 19, 2022 |
| Mar 19, 2020 | $0.30 | Apr 3, 2020 |
| Mar 14, 2019 | $0.28 | Mar 29, 2019 |
| Mar 15, 2018 | $0.25 | Mar 30, 2018 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,217
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- -26.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 5, 1999
- 2-for-1