Burger restaurant chain Red Robin (NASDAQ: RRGB) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what to look for.
Red Robin beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $392.4 million, flat year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Red Robin’s revenue to decline 6.9% year on year to $279.6 million, a deceleration from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.06 per share.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Red Robin has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at Red Robin’s peers in the sit-down dining segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Kura Sushi delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 17.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.5%, and The Cheesecake Factory reported revenues up 5.7%, topping estimates by 0.8%. Kura Sushi traded down 11.8% following the results while The Cheesecake Factory was up 5.2%.
Read our full analysis of Kura Sushi’s results here and The Cheesecake Factory’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the sit-down dining stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 8.7% on average over the last month. Red Robin is up 5.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $11 (compared to the current share price of $5.95).
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