Nathan's Famous, Inc.

NATH Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

Nathan's Famous, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $162.1 million, up 9.37% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 15.0%, EPS was flat, free cash flow grew 363.3% and total debt fell 4.67%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for five.

101.90 0.02 +0.02%
Market cap
$417.5M
P/E
20.9×
Fwd P/E
24.9×
Dividend yield
1.47%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
9.36
Beneish M
−2.01
Dividend safety
32/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

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Insider Ownership 29.91%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 417.47
Revenue 169.13
Net Income 19.92
Free Cash Flow 19.08
Net Debt 22.88
Current Ratio 2.45 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity (6.64) (negative: negative equity)
P/E ratio 20.92
Fwd P/E 24.90
P/S ratio 2.47
P/B ratio 0.00
Past 5Y EPS Growth 12.51%
This Y EPS Growth —
Next Y EPS Growth —
Next Y revenue growth (26.64%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth —

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 65.94%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 44.97%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 22.30%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 59.79%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.31
Annual Dividend Rate 1.50
Annual Dividend Yield 1.47%
total individual payouts
2026 1.00
0.50
0.50
2025 2.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2024 2.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2023 2.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2022 1.80
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
2021 1.40
0.35
0.35
0.35
0.35
2020 1.40
0.35
0.35
0.35
0.35
2019 1.30
0.25
0.35
0.35
0.35
2018 0.75
0.25
0.25
0.25
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 21 28 24 25
Receivables 15 14 20 31
Inventory 1 1 1 1
Other — — — —
39 45 47 59
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 6 6 8 11
ST’ Debt — 2 2 2
Other — — — —
16 17 19 24

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.90% 16.40% 7.41%
Cash Flow 3.86% 9.16% (2.77%)
Earnings 12.63% 12.57% 0.67%
Book Value 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Revenue $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 54 — — — —
’26 47 46 34 35 162
’25 45 41 32 31 148
’24 42 39 29 29 139
’23 40 37 26 27 131
’22 31 33 26 25 115
’21 18 22 18 18 76
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 1 — — — —
’26 0 10 6 3 18
’25 5 10 4 7 25
’24 2 9 2 6 20
’23 1 9 4 7 20
’22 0 9 1 7 16
’21 3 6 (3) 6 12
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 1 — — — —
’26 0 10 6 3 18
’25 5 10 4 7 25
’24 2 9 2 6 20
’23 1 9 3 6 19
’22 0 9 1 6 16
’21 3 6 (3) 6 11
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 2.14 — — — —
’26 2.16 1.26 0.75 0.68 4.85
’25 2.27 1.47 1.10 1.03 5.87
’24 1.81 1.40 0.64 0.96 4.80
’23 1.74 1.46 0.79 0.80 4.80
’22 1.40 0.86 0.52 0.52 3.30
’21 0.97 0.89 0.33 0.50 2.69
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to March

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 52.90 60.35 63.13 39.01 53.96 45.50 61.35 63.01 75.15 89.43

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 100.90 107.05 82.18 76.30 78.89 70.54 83.00 94.97 118.50 102.46
People
People Employees 180 205 149 120 146 131 138 147 131 129
Revenue/emp, $m 0.53 0.51 0.68 0.86 0.52 0.88 0.95 0.94 1.13 1.26
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 96 104 102 103 76 115 131 139 148 162
Gross margin, % 42.84 40.25 44.72 43.90 52.79 40.09 39.48 36.97 36.51 31.55
EBT 12 4 29 18 15 19 27 27 33 28
EBT margin, % 12.26 3.95 28.88 17.43 20.21 16.13 20.49 19.80 22.11 17.39
Net income 7 3 21 13 11 14 20 20 24 20
Depreciation 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 23.07 24.92 24.33 24.51 18.43 27.92 31.98 33.96 36.27 39.61
Earnings 1.79 0.63 5.13 3.19 2.69 3.30 4.80 4.81 5.88 4.89
Cash flow 2.50 4.51 2.66 2.93 2.86 4.00 4.85 4.90 6.18 4.46
Capex (0.27) (0.13) 2.94 (0.21) (0.13) (0.15) (0.15) (0.08) (0.06) (0.09)
Free cash flow 2.23 4.38 5.61 2.72 2.72 3.85 4.70 4.82 6.12 4.37
Book value (15.94) (20.23) (16.75) (15.75) (15.18) (13.36) (10.90) (8.07) (4.04) (3.48)
Shares, m 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 35.00 110.55 13.49 19.06 23.45 16.42 15.75 14.44 16.36 20.60
P/S 2.72 2.84 2.85 2.49 3.42 1.94 2.36 2.05 2.66 2.54
P/B 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales 3.49 3.68 3.54 3.17 4.32 2.46 2.75 2.34 2.81 2.69
EV/FCF 36.18 20.93 15.34 28.55 29.18 17.86 18.74 16.45 16.65 24.40
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 10 19 11 12 12 16 20 20 25 18
Capex (1) (1) 12 (1) (1) (1) (1) 0 0 0
Free cash flow 9 18 23 11 11 16 19 20 25 18
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 57 54 72 75 80 49 31 23 28 28
Total debt 131 145 145 148 149 110 81 60 50 48
Net debt 75 87 70 71 68 60 51 39 23 24
Shareholders’ equity (66) (85) (70) (66) (62) (55) (45) (33) (17) (14)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 10.00 3.32 24.65 13.46 10.35 14.52 28.62 36.51 46.96 37.38
ROIC 203.56 594.09 0.00 403.86 311.10 374.71 336.01 362.01 370.42 197.71
ROE (10.78) (3.48) (27.78) (19.68) (17.19) (23.15) (39.42) (50.63) (97.20) (130.27)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Mar 2026 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

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PZZA Papa John's International, Inc. $644.3M 23.9× 22.7× −8.84% (below 0%: shrinking) −10.71% (below 0%: shrinking) −31.42% (below 0%: shrinking) 29.72% 4.81% Compare
HDL Super Hi International Holding Ltd. Unsponsored ADR $634.3M 37.9× — +9.99% (above 0%: growing) n/m +43.42% (above 0%: growing) 65.85% 5.26% Compare
LOCO El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. $496.7M 13.8× 14.0× +2.97% (above 0%: growing) +79.17% (above 0%: growing) +155.53% (above 0%: growing) 32.80% 14.42% Compare
BH.A Biglari Holdings Inc. $491.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −1.19% (below 0%: shrinking) −18.71% (below 0%: shrinking) −73.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 30.05% 0.00% Compare
KRUS Kura Sushi USA, Inc. $475.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +16.17% (above 0%: growing) −40.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +46.90% (above 0%: growing) 11.94% (0.05%) Compare
DIN DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. $417.8M 65.3× 8.5× +4.38% (above 0%: growing) −60.67% (below 0%: shrinking) −97.04% (below 0%: shrinking) 37.86% 13.16% Compare
NATH Nathan's Famous, Inc. $417.5M 20.9× 24.9× +15.03% (above 0%: growing) −0.92% (below 0%: shrinking) +363.28% (above 0%: growing) 32.63% 23.43%
BRCB Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. $414.1M — (loss-making) 31.3× +25.01% (above 0%: growing) — −27.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 73.07% 6.51% Compare
PTLO Portillo's Inc. $363.8M 24.6× 19.4× +5.57% (above 0%: growing) −23.08% (below 0%: shrinking) +13.07% (above 0%: growing) 65.03% 6.92% Compare
Median of peers $483.2M 24.6× 19.4× +4.98% −20.89% −7.32% 35.33% 5.89%

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Nathan's Famous, Inc. (NATH) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $20.0 million, or $4.89 per share (basic), a net margin of 12.4%.
  • Strength: Nathan's Famous, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $162.1 million, up 9.37% from fiscal 2025.
  • Nathan's Famous, Inc. (NATH) is a Restaurants company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, NATH traded at $101.90, a market capitalization of $417.5 million.
  • At that price the stock trades at 20.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.5× sales; its P/E is higher than 66% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Nathan's Famous, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share, a yield of 1.47%, with a payout ratio of 31.1%.
  • Return on equity was −130.3% and debt-to-equity -6.64.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 9.36 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

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