Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Dealerships
Driven Brands Holdings Inc. DRVN
$11.68 +0.60% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.93B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 11.0× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 12 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +23.4%).
- Operating margin widened to 16.8% from 8.3% 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)Bottom 9%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 5%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 27%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 13%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 34%
- Gross marginTop 21%
- Operating marginTop 14%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 49%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Interest coverBottom 42%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 12%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 33%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 27%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 8%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 28%
- 6-month returnBottom 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 29%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 40%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 31%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 6%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 50%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 36%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 27%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -13.7% | -10.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 49.3% | 50.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 16.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 1.4% | 7.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -10.2% | -13.7% | ↑ | Bottom 9% |
| Gross margin | 50.6% | 49.3% | ↑ | Top 21% |
| Operating margin | 16.8% | 8.3% | ↑ | Top 14% |
| Net margin | 9.9% | -13.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.4% | 1.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | — | Top 34% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.9% | — | Bottom 27% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.75×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -42.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.26×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.4%
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 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 12
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +23.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $15.47
- Target vs current price
- +32.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 15
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +9.9% | -11.3% | -14.8% | -11.8% | — |
| Jun 11, 2026 | +25.0% | +2.1% | -7.3% | +14.5% | +0.1% |
| May 12, 2026 | +41.7% | -3.1% | +7.5% | -0.3% | -2.2% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +17.2% | +5.3% | -3.3% | -0.8% | +9.1% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +5.9% | +2.0% | -2.6% | +12.5% | -10.0% |
| May 6, 2025 | +17.4% | +6.6% | +3.5% | +1.8% | -2.5% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | +76.5% | +2.1% | +12.3% | +12.7% | +20.0% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +13.0% | +4.7% | +14.3% | +18.8% | +16.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.26 | +9.9% | $507.4M |
| Jun 11, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.24 | +25.0% | $484.4M |
| May 12, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.24 | +41.7% | $460.1M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.34 | $0.29 | +17.2% | $535.7M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.36 | $0.34 | +5.9% | $551.0M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.23 | +17.4% | $516.2M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.30 | $0.17 | +76.5% | $564.1M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.26 | $0.23 | +13.0% | $591.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 11.0× | 112.4× | 0th | Top 12% |
| P/E (forward) | 9.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.2× | — | — | Top 33% |
| EV / Sales | 2.22× | — | — | Bottom 27% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.84% | — | — | Top 41% |
| Earnings yield | 9.08% | — | — | Top 12% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.1× – 495.0× since Jun 26, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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)
- -7.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -14.2%
- RSI (14)
- 38.1
- Relative volume
- 0.75×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 46.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 76th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.75
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.24
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -31.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -46.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2021 | Mar 10, 2026 | -70.1% | 1272 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.93B
- P/E (TTM)
- 11.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.06
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.79B
- 52-week range
- $9.80 – $17.30
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.47B | $2.03B | $1.71B | $1.75B | $1.86B |
| Gross profit | $725.0M | $967.5M | $808.5M | $903.8M | $946.2M |
| Operating income | $177.1M | $199.6M | $239.0M | $256.4M | $259.2M |
| Net income | $9.6M | $43.2M | -$798.9M | -$297.5M | $140.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.06 | $0.25 | -$4.53 | -$1.82 | $0.85 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $502.3M | $564.1M | $447.6M | $475.2M | $535.7M | $259.6M | $484.4M | $507.4M |
| Net income | -$14.9M | -$312.0M | $9.9M | $54.0M | $60.9M | $26.2M | $54.8M | $34.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.09 | -$1.94 | $0.04 | $0.29 | $0.37 | $0.15 | $0.33 | $0.21 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $283.8M | $197.2M | $228.6M | $244.0M | $330.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$160.8M | -$436.2M | -$596.5M | -$288.6M | -$222.8M |
| Free cash flow | $123.1M | -$239.0M | -$367.9M | -$44.7M | $107.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $718.2M | $0 | -$43.8M | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $184.0M
- Total assets
- $3.54B
- Total liabilities
- $2.71B
- Total debt
- $2.22B
- Net debt
- $2.04B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $833.3M
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2016 | $0.23 | Apr 7, 2016 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | $0.08 | Jan 8, 2016 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | $0.10 | Oct 7, 2015 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 10,089,472
- Days to cover
- 8.04
- Change vs previous report
- +10.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.