FAT Brands (FAT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

FAT Brands Inc., a multi-brand restaurant franchising company, acquires, develops, markets, and manages quick service, fast casual, casual dining, and polished casual dining restaurant concepts worldwide. It owns restaurant brands, including Round Table Pizza, Marble Slab Creamery, Great American Cookies, Hot Dog on a Stick, Pretzelmaker, Fazoli's, Fatburger, Johnny Rockets, Elevation Burger, Yalla Mediterranean, Buffalo's Cafe and Buffalo's Express, Hurricane Grill & Wings, Ponderosa Steakhouse/Bonanza Steakhouse, Native Grill & Wings, Smokey Bones, and Twin Peaks. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. FAT Brands Inc. is a subsidiary of Fog Cutter Holdings, LLC.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.41 to $2.51
• 50-Day Range: $2.29 to $3.94
• 52-Week Range: $2.22 to $7.77
• Volume: 4,957 shs
• Average Volume: 33,904 shs
• Market Capitalization: $43.77 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 22.76%
• Price Target: $12.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

FAT Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

FAT Brands scored higher than 65% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 150th out of 214 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

FAT Brands has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

FAT Brands has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for FAT Brands are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($10.23) to ($6.79) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of FAT Brands is -0.27, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of FAT Brands is -0.27, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.95% of the float of FAT Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

FAT Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in FAT Brands has recently decreased by 5.55%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

FAT Brands is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 22.58%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

FAT Brands does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.95% of the float of FAT Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

FAT Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in FAT Brands has recently decreased by 5.55%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.93

News Sentiment

FAT Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.93. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.78 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for FAT Brands this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for FAT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added FAT Brands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, FAT Brands insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

14.41% of the stock of FAT Brands is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 6.90% of the stock of FAT Brands is held by institutions.

FAT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have FAT shares performed this year?

FAT Brands' stock was trading at $5.32 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, FAT shares have decreased by 53.5% and is now trading at $2.4750.
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How were FAT Brands' earnings last quarter?

FAT Brands Inc. (NASDAQ:FAT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 27th. The company reported ($4.06) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($2.68) by $1.38. The company earned $145.28 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $157.45 million.
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How do I buy shares of FAT Brands?

Shares of FAT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of FAT Brands own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that FAT Brands investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), AGNC Investment (AGNC) and Meta Platforms (META).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/27/2025
• Today: 4/16/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 4/29/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: Eating places
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants, Hotels, Motels
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:FAT
• CIK: 1705012
• Web: www.fatbrands.com
• Phone: (310) 319-1850
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 5,200
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $12.00
• High Stock Price Target: $12.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $12.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +384.8%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($11.60)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-90,110,000.00
• Net Margins: -24.53%
• Pretax Margin: -25.07%
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: -10.87%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.30
• Quick Ratio: 0.27

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $592.65 million
• Price / Sales: 0.07
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: ($19.33) per share
• Price / Book: -0.13

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 17,793,000
• Free Float: 14,642,000
• Market Cap: $44.04 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.64