DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC.

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Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $879.3 million, up 8.25% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+15.1%
EPS
−19.5%
Free cash flow
−35.8%
Total debt
−1.96%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

36.36 0.82 −2.21%
Market cap
$457.1M
P/E
91.7×
Fwd P/E
13.0×
Dividend yield
2.09%
F-score
6/9
ROIC
10.4%
Net debt / EBITDA
5.6×
Dividend safety
18/100

DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. (DIN) Return on invested capital

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DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.4%, down 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.6% (fiscal 2017) to 15.0% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 4.88% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.68%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 11.7% (1.82)
FY2024 13.5% (0.90)
FY2023 14.4% 0.51
FY2022 13.9% (1.10)
FY2021 15.0% 8.00
FY2020 7.01% (4.45)
FY2019 11.5% 0.84
FY2018 10.6% 33.21
FY2017 −22.6% (32.03)
FY2016 9.44% (0.31)

Against its own ten years

Low −22.6% High 15.0%
Ten-year median 11.5%
Current reading's percentile 64

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
PZZA Papa John's International, Inc. compare 19.1%
HDL Super Hi International Holding Ltd. Unsponsored ADR compare 12.4%
DIN DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. 10.4%
LOCO El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. compare 9.34%
BRCB Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. compare 4.88%
PTLO Portillo's Inc. compare 3.44%
BH.A Biglari Holdings Inc. compare 0.00%
KRUS Kura Sushi USA, Inc. compare −1.78%
CNNE Cannae Holdings, Inc. compare −10.1%
Restaurants industry median 4.88%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.68%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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