Dine Brands Global (DIN) Company Overview

Applebee's recent Really Big Meal Deal has improved foot traffic, signaling potential recovery and offering a value play at current discounted share prices. Despite six consecutive quarters of declining same-store sales, the promotion's success suggests an inflection point, with easier comparisons and positive tailwinds ahead. Dine Brands' stock shows a potential upside of 67%, supported by quantitative models and a return to its 5-year average P/E ratio.

A competitive battle of value meals is heating up between Applebee's and Chili's, with both restaurant chains taking to social media to prove their customer value proposition. Applebee's — which is owned by Dine Brands (DIN) — president Tony Moralejo appeared on Yahoo Finance to defend the brand's value strategy, announcing a new promotion of unlimited fries and soft drinks.

Dine Brands Global, Inc. (NYSE:DIN ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 6, 2024 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Matt Lee - Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations John Peyton - Chief Executive Officer Vance Chang - Chief Financial Officer Jay Johns - President, IHOP Tony Moralejo - President, Applebee's Conference Call Participants Eric Gonzalez - KeyBanc Pratik Patel - Barclays Nick Setyan - Wedbush Dennis Geiger - UBS Brian Vaccaro - Raymond James Jake Bartlett - Truist Securities Todd Brooks - The Benchmark Company Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Dine Brands' Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Dine Brands (DIN) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended September 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Dine Brands (DIN) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.44 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.33 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.46 per share a year ago.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fuzzy's Taco Shop®, the fast-casual-plus restaurant serving Mexican favorites with a splash of Baja, today announced two leadership appointments: Patrick Kirk – previously Chief Marketing Officer has been named President and Chief Marketing Officer. Marshall Claycamp – previously Executive Director of Operations Services for IHOP named Chief Operations Officer. In these new and expanded roles, Kirk will continue to define the Fuzzy's Taco Shop experience, guide the bran.

Dine Brands Global (DIN) stock fell Friday as the owner of Applebee's and IHOP was downgraded by a Truist Securities analyst to "hold" from "buy" over concerns that Applebee's sales are slowing even as other chain restaurants have recovered in recent months.

Dine Brands Global, Inc. DIN  is the driving force behind beloved restaurant sector brands like Applebee's, IHOP, and Fuzzy's Taco Shop. Through a strategic franchise model, Dine Brands has successfully established a widespread presence across the globe, capturing the hearts (and stomachs) of a large and diverse customer base.

‘Potentially severe Applebee's same-store sales underperformance vs. peers (based on Truist Card Data) shakes our confidence that improving same-store sales will be a near-term catalyst for the shares,' analyst Jake Bartlett wrote in a note to clients.