FAT Brands Inc.
FAT Brands Inc. is a leading multi-brand restaurant company that develops, markets, acquires and manages quick service, fast casual, casual dining and polished casual dining restaurant concepts around the world. We operate primarily as a franchisor of restaurants, where we generally do not own or operate the restaurant locations but rather generate revenue by charging franchisees an initial fra…
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The business is unprofitable at the operating level (-8.81% margin). The thesis depends entirely on whether and when it reaches sustainable profitability.
Revenue grew 23.4%, still solid. Margins contracted 13.5pp, which offsets some of the top-line progress.
ROIC dropped from 1.41% to -2.88%, capital efficiency is deteriorating. Negative free cash flow of -$79M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$574M
▲ +23.4% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
-$226M
▼ -110.7% YoY
Op. Margin
-14.07%
▼ -13.5pp YoY
ROIC
-4.31%
▼ -4.3pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-$75M
▼ -45.0% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
-$65M
▼ -58.0% YoY
Net Debt
$1.48B
Cash & Equiv.
$2M
5Y CAGR: +92.4%
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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 12 Nov 2025, covering the period ending 28 Sept 2025, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 5 Sept 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 17 Aug 2026. Fiscal year ends Dec. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
Is FAT Brands (FABTQ) overvalued?
FAT Brands (FABTQ)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, FAT Brands scores 25/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 44,874.5%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
Is FAT Brands a high-quality business?+
FAT Brands scores 25 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 6 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a -14.1% operating margin and a -4.3% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Does FAT Brands (FABTQ) pay a dividend, and how much?+
Yes, FAT Brands pays a regular dividend of about $0.13 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 44,874.5% at the current price. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For FABTQ's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
Is FAT Brands a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh FABTQ's valuation and scores 25/100 on quality (lower-quality). It also yields about 44,874.5%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.
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