How does NATH's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

NATH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15x) compared to the peer average (21.5x).

How does NATH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Hospitality Industry?

NATH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15x) compared to the US Hospitality industry average (23.8x).

What is NATH's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

Insufficient data to calculate NATH's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of NATH when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

NATH ($79.96) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] ($126.24)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

NATH Stock Overview

Operates in the foodservice industry. More details

NATH fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Trading at 36.7% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings have grown 10.6% per year over the past 5 years

Risk Analysis

Has a high level of debt

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

My Notes

Capture your thoughts, links and company narrative

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Nathan's Famous
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$79.96
52 Week High	US$94.97
52 Week Low	US$63.01
Beta	0.22
1 Month Change	-9.50%
3 Month Change	-1.77%
1 Year Change	2.50%
3 Year Change	36.13%
5 Year Change	12.15%
Change since IPO	670.70%

Nathan's Famous: Hot Dogs And Hot Profits

Dec 08

Nathan's Famous: The Royalty Approach Is Underappreciated

Sep 24

Recent updates

Nathan's Famous: Hot Dogs And Hot Profits

Dec 08

Nathan's Famous: The Royalty Approach Is Underappreciated

Sep 24

We Like Nathan's Famous' (NASDAQ:NATH) Earnings For More Than Just Statutory Profit

Aug 15

Shareholders Will Probably Not Have Any Issues With Nathan's Famous, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:NATH) CEO Compensation

Aug 27

Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) Has Re-Affirmed Its Dividend Of US$0.35

Aug 10

Nathan's Famous' (NASDAQ:NATH) Dividend Will Be US$0.35

Jun 14

Shareholders Are Optimistic That Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) Will Multiply In Value

May 31

Key Things To Consider Before Buying Nathan's Famous, Inc. (NASDAQ:NATH) For Its Dividend

Mar 29

Should Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) Be Disappointed With Their 46% Profit?

Mar 08

Income Investors Should Know That Nathan's Famous, Inc. (NASDAQ:NATH) Goes Ex-Dividend Soon

Feb 14

What Can We Make Of Nathan's Famous' (NASDAQ:NATH) CEO Compensation?

Feb 10

Shareholder Returns

	NATH	US Hospitality	US Market
7D	-2.3%	2.1%	2.8%
1Y	2.5%	26.1%	24.5%

Return vs Industry: NATH underperformed the US Hospitality industry which returned 26.1% over the past year.

Return vs Market: NATH underperformed the US Market which returned 24.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is NATH's price volatile compared to industry and market?
NATH volatility
NATH Average Weekly Movement	4.7%
Hospitality Industry Average Movement	5.7%
Market Average Movement	6.3%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	17.1%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.1%

Stable Share Price: NATH has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.

Volatility Over Time: NATH's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1916	147	Eric Gatoff	www.nathansfamous.com

Nathan's Famous, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates in the foodservice industry. The company owns and franchises restaurants under the Nathan’s Famous brand name, as well as sells products bearing the Nathan’s Famous trademarks through various channels of distribution. It also has license agreements for the manufacture, distribution, marketing, and sale of Nathan’s Famous branded hot dogs and sausages in refrigerated consumer packages to be resold through retail channels, such as supermarkets, groceries, mass merchandisers, and club stores; and other Nathan’s Famous branded refrigerated meat products in consumer packages to be resold through retail channels.

Nathan's Famous, Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do Nathan's Famous's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
NATH fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$327.30m
Earnings (TTM)	US$21.82m
Revenue (TTM)	US$143.76m

15.0x

P/E Ratio

2.3x

P/S Ratio

Is NATH overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
NATH income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$143.76m
Cost of Revenue	US$91.89m
Gross Profit	US$51.87m
Other Expenses	US$30.05m
Earnings	US$21.82m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 29, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	5.34
Gross Margin	36.08%
Net Profit Margin	15.18%
Debt/Equity Ratio	-280.0%

How did NATH perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

2.5%

Current Dividend Yield

37%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/26 23:28
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/26 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/29
Annual Earnings	2024/03/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Nathan's Famous, Inc. is covered by 1 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Satish Vadlamani	Virtua Research Inc.

NATH Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Nathan's Famous, Inc. Competitors

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Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Executive Chairman of the Board exercised options and sold US$437k worth of stock

Nathan's Famous: Hot Dogs And Hot Profits

Independent Director recently sold US$121k worth of stock

Second quarter dividend of US$0.50 announced

Second quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: US$1.48 (vs US$1.40 in 2Q 2024)

Nathan's Famous: The Royalty Approach Is Underappreciated

Recent updates

Executive Chairman of the Board exercised options and sold US$437k worth of stock

Nathan's Famous: Hot Dogs And Hot Profits

Independent Director recently sold US$121k worth of stock

Second quarter dividend of US$0.50 announced

Second quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: US$1.48 (vs US$1.40 in 2Q 2024)

Nathan's Famous: The Royalty Approach Is Underappreciated

We Like Nathan's Famous' (NASDAQ:NATH) Earnings For More Than Just Statutory Profit

Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.50

First quarter dividend of US$0.50 announced

First quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: US$2.27 (vs US$1.81 in 1Q 2024)

Nathan's Famous, Inc. Declares Second Quarterly Cash Dividend for Fiscal 2025, Payable on September 6, 2024

Now 20% undervalued

Nathan's Famous, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Sep 10, 2024

Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) Has Announced A Dividend Of $0.50

Upcoming dividend of US$0.50 per share

Fourth quarter dividend of US$0.50 announced

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$4.81 (vs US$4.80 in FY 2023)

Nathan's Famous, Inc. Declares First Quarterly Cash Dividend for Fiscal 2025, Payable on July 2, 2024

Now 20% undervalued

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Nathan's Famous: Underwhelming Despite Some Improvement

Independent Director recently sold US$99k worth of stock

Now 20% undervalued

Upcoming dividend of US$0.50 per share at 3.0% yield

Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of $0.50

Third quarter dividend of US$0.50 announced

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.64 (vs US$0.80 in 3Q 2023)

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Nathan's Famous: Not Appetizing Enough Just Yet

Executive Chairman of the Board exercised options and sold US$362k worth of stock

Independent Director recently sold US$135k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.50 per share at 3.1% yield

Nathan's Famous, Inc. Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on December 1, 2023

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$1.40 (vs US$1.46 in 2Q 2023)

Nathan’S Famous Introduces New Menu Item, the New York Chopped Cheese Hero

Independent Director recently sold US$146k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.50 per share at 2.6% yield

Nathan's Famous, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.50 Per Share Payable on September 1, 2023

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$1.81 (vs US$1.74 in 1Q 2023)

Nathan's Famous, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Sep 12, 2023

Nathan's Famous, Inc. Appoints Joanne Podell as Independent Member of the Board

Nathan's Famous, Inc. Declares First Quarterly Cash Dividend for Fiscal 2024, Payable on June 28, 2023

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$4.80 (vs US$3.30 in FY 2022)

Here's Why We Think Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) Is Well Worth Watching

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

Now 20% undervalued

Now 20% undervalued

Upcoming dividend of US$0.50 per share at 2.6% yield

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.80 (vs US$0.52 in 3Q 2022)

Independent Director recently sold US$131k worth of stock

Insufficient new directors

Upcoming dividend of US$0.45 per share

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.46 (vs US$0.86 in 2Q 2022)

Nathan's Famous, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on December 2, 2022

Now 22% undervalued

Upcoming dividend of US$0.45 per share

Nathan's Famous, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on September 2, 2022

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.74 (vs US$1.40 in 1Q 2022)