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Dine Brands Global, Inc.
DIN
$491M
Mkt Cap
$34.09
+1.10%
Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) has a current P/E ratio of 30.7, compared to its historical median P/E of 11.0. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 11.3%. This indicates solid capital allocation.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) has a market capitalization of $442M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 5.81%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 18.33%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) appears expensive. The current P/E of 30.7 is 180% above its historical median of 11.0. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 4.1%.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) operates in the Retail-Eating Places industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) reported annual revenue of $879 million in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Dine Brands Global, Inc.®, together with its subsidiaries (referred to as the “Company,” “Dine Brands Global,” “we,” “our” and “us”), owns and franchises the International House of Pancakes® (“IHOP”) restaurant concept in the full-service restaurant family dining category, the Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar® (“Applebee’s”) restaurant concept in the full-service casual dining category, and the Fuzzy’s Taco Shop® (“Fuzzy’s”) restaurant concept in the limited-service fast-casual dining category. References herein to IHOP®, Applebee’s® and Fuzzy’s restaurants are to these three restaurant concepts, whether operated by franchisees, area licensees and their sub-licensees or by the Company. The terms franchise or franchisee used throughout this document are intended to describe third parties that operate under franchise agreements. As of December 28, 2025, the substantial majority of our 3,509 restaurants across all brands were owned and operated by independent franchisees.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 890M | 879M | 812M | 831M | 909M | 896M |
| Net Income | 15M | 16M | 63M | 95M | 79M | 96M |
| EPS | $0.99 | $1.11 | $4.22 | $6.22 | $4.96 | $5.66 |
| Free Cash Flow | 36M | 53M | 94M | 94M | 54M | 179M |
| ROIC | 0.0% | 1.9% | 6.7% | 16.9% | 14.3% | 16.7% |
| Gross Margin | 40.0% | 40.9% | 46.2% | 47.7% | 41.5% | 41.9% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | -5.70 | -7.23 | -6.04 | -5.57 | -6.89 |
| Dividends/Share | $1.98 | $1.72 | $2.04 | $2.04 | $1.99 | $0.40 |
| Operating Income | 0 | 27M | 91M | 183M | 180M | 191M |
| Operating Margin | 0.0% | 3.0% | 11.1% | 22.1% | 19.8% | 21.3% |
| ROE | 0.0% | -6.5% | -27.0% | -34.4% | -29.0% | -32.0% |
| Shares Outstanding | 13M | 14M | 15M | 15M | 16M | 17M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 655M | 681M | 788M | 732M | 781M | 910M | 689M | 896M | 909M | 831M | 812M | 879M | 890M |
| Gross Margin | 57.3% | 58.6% | 48.8% | 46.3% | 45.2% | 42.1% | 36.1% | 41.9% | 41.5% | 47.7% | 46.2% | 40.9% | 40.0% |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 146M | 155M | 149M | 166M | 167M | 163M | 145M | 172M | 191M | 198M | 197M | 204M | 206M |
| EBIT | 163M | 231M | 218M | -360M | 170M | 205M | -33M | 191M | 180M | 183M | 91M | 27M | 0 |
| Op. Margin | 24.9% | 33.8% | 27.7% | -49.1% | 21.7% | 22.5% | -4.8% | 21.3% | 19.8% | 22.1% | 11.1% | 3.0% | 0.0% |
| Net Income | 36M | 104M | 100M | -336M | 78M | 101M | -104M | 96M | 79M | 95M | 63M | 16M | 15M |
| Net Margin | 5.5% | 15.2% | 12.6% | -45.9% | 9.9% | 11.1% | -15.1% | 10.7% | 8.7% | 11.4% | 7.8% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Non-Recurring | 3.4M | 5.5M | 3.7M | 364M | 4.8M | 3.3M | 93M | 7.1M | 7.3M | 2.8M | 15M | 5.4M | 3.0M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 8.0% | 10.1% | 10.2% | -26.5% | 12.9% | 13.3% | -3.1% | 16.7% | 14.3% | 16.9% | 6.7% | 1.9% | 0.0% |
| ROE | 12.1% | 37.9% | 43.0% | N/A | -37.2% | -45.4% | 35.0% | -32.0% | -29.0% | -34.4% | -27.0% | -6.5% | 0.0% |
| ROA | 1.5% | 4.4% | 4.3% | -16.7% | 4.4% | 5.3% | -5.1% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 5.2% | 3.6% | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 119M | 136M | 118M | 66M | 140M | 155M | 97M | 196M | 89M | 131M | 108M | 89M | 80M |
| Free Cash Flow | 113M | 129M | 112M | 52M | 126M | 136M | 86M | 179M | 54M | 94M | 94M | 53M | 36M |
| Owner Earnings | 74M | 94M | 77M | 24M | 98M | 102M | 41M | 144M | 35M | 84M | 53M | 33M | 22M |
| CapEx | 5.9M | 6.6M | 5.6M | 13M | 14M | 19M | 11M | 17M | 35M | 37M | 14M | 36M | 44M |
| Maint. CapEx | 35M | 33M | 31M | 31M | 32M | 42M | 43M | 40M | 38M | 36M | 39M | 43M | 44M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 35M | 33M | 31M | 31M | 32M | 42M | 43M | 40M | 38M | 36M | 39M | 43M | 44M |
| CapEx/OCF | 5.0% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 20.3% | 10.2% | 12.5% | 11.3% | 8.6% | 39.5% | 28.3% | 13.0% | 40.0% | 55.2% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 43M | 66M | 67M | 70M | 51M | 47M | 24M | 0 | 31M | 32M | 31M | 31M | 26M |
| Dividend Yield | 4.4% | 5.7% | 6.7% | 11.2% | 5.3% | 4.2% | 3.2% | N/A | 3.2% | 4.0% | 6.1% | 8.7% | 5.8% |
| Share Buybacks | 32M | 70M | 55M | 10M | 34M | 110M | 30M | 4.2M | 120M | 26M | 12M | 61M | 81M |
| Buyback Yield | 2.6% | 6.7% | 5.8% | 1.5% | 3.7% | 9.9% | 3.7% | 0.4% | 13.9% | 3.9% | 2.8% | 12.3% | 18.3% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 9.3M | 8.9M | 11M | 11M | 11M | 11M | 13M | 12M | 16M | 12M | 16M | 13M | 14M |
| Debt Repayment | 1.3B | 0 | 0 | 3.3M | 13M | 1.3B | 3.3M | 9.8M | 39M | 652M | 0 | 594M | 594M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.1B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 104M | 145M | 141M | 117M | 137M | 116M | 383M | 361M | 270M | 146M | 187M | 128M | 104M |
| Long-Term Debt | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Debt/Equity | 4.57 | 4.79 | 6.54 | -5.95 | -6.42 | -7.11 | -5.41 | -6.89 | -5.57 | -6.04 | -7.23 | -5.70 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 1.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | -5.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | -0.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 31.2 | 9.9 | 9.9 |
| Equity | 279M | 267M | 196M | -216M | -202M | -242M | -355M | -243M | -301M | -251M | -216M | -274M | -290M |
| Total Assets | 2.4B | 2.3B | 2.3B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 2.0B | 2.1B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.7B |
| Total Liabilities | 2.1B | 2.1B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.3B | 2.4B | 2.2B | 2.2B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B |
| Intangibles | 782M | 773M | 763M | 583M | 586M | 575M | 550M | 539M | 597M | 586M | 576M | 534M | 531M |
| Retained Earnings | 314M | 352M | 382M | -70M | 10M | 62M | -56M | 35M | 85M | 150M | 184M | 175M | 180M |
| Working Capital | 69M | 74M | 80M | 81M | 66M | -11M | 238M | 164M | 9.0M | -103M | -59M | -14M | -37M |
| Current Assets | 382M | 373M | 366M | 386M | 382M | 347M | 587M | 574M | 480M | 358M | 386M | 352M | 284M |
| Current Liabilities | 313M | 298M | 286M | 305M | 316M | 358M | 349M | 411M | 471M | 460M | 445M | 366M | 320M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.90 | 5.52 | 5.49 | -18.96 | 4.37 | 5.85 | -6.43 | 5.66 | 4.96 | 6.22 | 4.22 | 1.11 | 0.99 |
| Owner EPS | 3.94 | 5.00 | 4.22 | 1.37 | 5.49 | 5.91 | 2.54 | 8.55 | 2.22 | 5.48 | 3.55 | 2.28 | 1.70 |
| Book Value | 14.76 | 14.25 | 10.81 | -12.16 | -11.38 | -14.03 | -21.84 | -14.38 | -18.92 | -16.45 | -14.48 | -19.00 | -22.35 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 6.27 | 7.23 | 6.51 | 3.71 | 7.90 | 9.00 | 5.94 | 11.60 | 5.61 | 8.60 | 7.25 | 6.17 | 4.61 |
| Dividends/Share | 3.13 | 3.55 | 3.73 | 3.88 | 2.52 | 2.76 | 1.47 | 0.40 | 1.99 | 2.04 | 2.04 | 1.72 | 1.98 |
| Shares Out. | 18.9M | 18.8M | 18.1M | 17.7M | 17.8M | 17.2M | 16.2M | 16.9M | 15.9M | 15.3M | 14.9M | 14.4M | 13.0M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 33.6 | 10.0 | 9.8 | N/A | 11.8 | 11.0 | N/A | 11.6 | 11.0 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 30.7 | 34.3 |
| P/FCF | 10.7 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 12.7 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 6.2 | 16.1 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 12.3 |
| EV/EBIT | 15.4 | 8.8 | 9.1 | N/A | 17.1 | 15.4 | N/A | 13.5 | 15.3 | 14.9 | 8.4 | 13.9 | N/A |
| Price/Book | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Sales | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| FCF Yield | 9.3% | 12.4% | 11.9% | 7.7% | 13.8% | 12.3% | 10.6% | 16.2% | 6.2% | 13.9% | 22.0% | 10.9% | 8.1% |
| Market Cap | 1.2B | 1.0B | 948M | 678M | 914M | 1.1B | 805M | 1.1B | 868M | 679M | 428M | 492M | 442M |
| Avg. Price | 50.89 | 61.81 | 55.08 | 35.19 | 54.79 | 64.54 | 45.58 | 68.04 | 59.72 | 51.80 | 34.23 | 24.75 | 34.09 |
| Year-End Price | 63.92 | 55.45 | 52.30 | 37.50 | 51.46 | 64.11 | 49.60 | 65.59 | 54.55 | 44.49 | 28.68 | 34.10 | 34.09 |
Dine Brands Global, Inc. passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. trades at 30.7x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 11.0x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 8.3x vs a median of 8.3x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 11.3% with a gross margin of 43.6%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 24.1%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -4.2%.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) has a net profit margin of 1.8%. This is a modest margin.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) generated $53 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $1.11 in its most recent fiscal year.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) has a return on equity (ROE) of -6.5%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) has a 5-year average gross margin of 43.6%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) has a book value per share of $-19.00, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.