Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Dine Brands Global, Inc. DIN
$29.92 +5.32% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $379.5M
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.49, down 83.7% year over year.
- The diluted share count fell 18.7% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The shares trade at 61.1× trailing earnings, higher than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
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.
Growth13Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 38%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 35%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 21%
Quality55Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 49%
- Gross marginTop 44%
- Operating marginTop 18%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Interest coverTop 40%
Value8Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 32%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 21%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 26%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 28%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 7%
Momentum69Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 24%
- 6-month returnTop 30%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 30%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 44%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Revisions3Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 33%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 6%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 24%
Stability28Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 47%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 4%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.4% | 6.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -71.5% | -83.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 42.7% | 38.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 15.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 10.9% | 0.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.4% | 8.4% | ↓ | Top 38% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -83.7% | -71.5% | ↓ | Bottom 14% |
| Gross margin | 38.4% | 42.7% | ↓ | Top 44% |
| Operating margin | 15.0% | 17.8% | ↓ | Top 18% |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 5.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.0% | 10.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.3% | — | Top 49% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.1% | — | Bottom 35% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.0%
- 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.
- 16.94×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 5.94%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 27.51%
- Shareholder yield
- 33.45%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -18.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -7.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $34.33
- Target vs current price
- +14.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 24
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 17%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -3.3% | +2.6% | +2.8% | -6.7% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -12.0% | -3.5% | +5.3% | +2.1% | +27.7% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +35.2% | +0.2% | +0.9% | -10.9% | -2.3% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -11.0% | +3.5% | +3.5% | +28.7% | +43.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -21.5% | -6.4% | -3.3% | +5.1% | +15.6% |
| May 7, 2025 | -12.7% | +2.1% | +23.4% | +23.5% | +9.0% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | -35.6% | +3.4% | +9.8% | +1.1% | +4.0% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +7.5% | +15.5% | +8.2% | +11.0% | -4.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $1.16 | $1.20 | -3.3% | $240.9M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.88 | $1.00 | -12.0% | $225.2M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $1.46 | $1.08 | +35.2% | $217.6M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.73 | $0.82 | -11.0% | $216.2M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $1.17 | $1.49 | -21.5% | $230.8M |
| May 7, 2025 | $1.03 | $1.18 | -12.7% | $214.8M |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.87 | $1.35 | -35.6% | $204.8M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $1.44 | $1.34 | +7.5% | $195.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 61.1× | 12.2× | 95th | Bottom 32% |
| P/E (forward) | 6.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.0× | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| EV / Sales | 2.19× | — | — | Bottom 28% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.05% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Earnings yield | 1.64% | — | — | Bottom 32% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.1× – 73.0× since Jun 30, 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
- +12.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -83.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +972.9%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -6.3%
- RSI (14)
- 50.1
- Relative volume
- 1.73×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 39.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 32th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.12
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.35
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -22.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -63.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -81.1% | 978 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 4, 2020 | Jan 4, 2021 | -18.8% | 19 days | 8 days (Jan 14, 2021) |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | -17.6% | 16 days | 5 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 | -10.7% | 3 days | 2 days (Nov 16, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $379.5M
- P/E (TTM)
- 61.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.49
- Revenue (TTM)
- $899.8M
- Dividend yield
- 2.54%
- 52-week range
- $23.23 – $39.68
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $896.2M | $909.4M | $831.1M | $812.3M | $879.3M |
| Gross profit | $375.2M | $377.4M | $396.7M | $375.3M | $350.8M |
| Operating income | $192.7M | $176.1M | $187.7M | $167.8M | $143.6M |
| Net income | $97.9M | $81.1M | $97.2M | $64.9M | $17.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.66 | $4.96 | $6.22 | $4.22 | $1.12 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $195.0M | $204.8M | $214.8M | $230.8M | $216.2M | $217.6M | $225.2M | $240.9M |
| Net income | $19.1M | $5.2M | $8.2M | $13.8M | $7.3M | -$12.2M | $7.4M | $4.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.24 | $0.34 | $0.53 | $0.89 | $0.48 | -$0.91 | $0.57 | $0.35 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $195.8M | $89.3M | $131.1M | $108.2M | $89.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$16.8M | -$35.3M | -$37.2M | -$14.1M | -$35.6M |
| Free cash flow | $179.0M | $54.0M | $94.0M | $94.1M | $53.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$30.8M | -$31.7M | -$31.3M | -$31.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $19.4M | -$123.3M | -$30.5M | -$14.7M | -$60.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $97.5M
- Total assets
- $1.77B
- Total liabilities
- $2.06B
- Total debt
- $1.69B
- Net debt
- $1.59B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$292.0M
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | $0.19 | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | $0.19 | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Mar 18, 2026 | $0.19 | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | $0.19 | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Sep 19, 2025 | $0.51 | Oct 8, 2025 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | $0.51 | Jul 9, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.51 | Apr 4, 2025 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | $0.51 | Jan 7, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,843,291
- Days to cover
- 5.73
- Change vs previous report
- +18.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 28, 1999
- 2-for-1