Red Robin Gourmet Burgers

RRGB

Restaurants · Consumer Cyclical

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jul 12, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Good

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Data not available

Valuation

Data not available

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is a casual dining restaurant chain that serves burgers, sandwiches, salads, and other American comfort food. Its main customers are families and everyday diners looking for a sit-down meal at a mid-range price. The chain is best known for its "Bottomless" fries promotion, where customers get unlimited fries with their burger orders.

Red Robin makes money primarily by selling food and drinks directly to customers at its restaurants. The company operates mostly in the United States and Canada, with around 500 locations, a mix of company-owned and franchised restaurants. Its gross margin of roughly 20% is thin for the industry, and the near-zero operating margin shows the business is barely breaking even. Rising labor and food costs are a serious ongoing risk, and the company faces stiff competition from both fast-casual burger chains like Five Guys and Shake Shack and other casual dining brands, making a sustained turnaround difficult to achieve.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-2.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-90.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

17.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$23M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

76.9%

Premium pricing power — 76.9% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

2.2%

Thin — 2.2% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

10.8%

Below par — 10.8% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

-3.7%

Shrinking sales (-3.7% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-0.1%

Burning cash (-0.1%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

N/A

—

Data not available

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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