Nathans Famous is a restaurants business based in the US. Nathans Famous shares (NATH) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $97.86 – a decrease of 0.34% over the previous week. Nathans Famous employs 147 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $146.4 million.
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| Latest market close | $97.86 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $64.73 - $104.96 |
| 50-day moving average | $95.74 |
| 200-day moving average | $84.81 |
| Wall St. target price | N/A |
| PE ratio | 16.8724 |
| Dividend yield | $2 (2.04%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $5.80 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $97.86 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-25) | 1.90% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-04) | 8.07% |
| 3 months (2025-02-05) | 17.32% |
| 6 months (2024-11-05) | 14.19% |
| 1 year (2024-05-03) | 46.74% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-04) | 42.24% |
| 3 years (2022-05-04) | 113.59% |
| 5 years (2020-05-05) | 95.52% |
Valuing Nathans Famous stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Nathans Famous's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Nathans Famous's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 17x. In other words, Nathans Famous shares trade at around 17x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Nathans Famous's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $37.9 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Nathans Famous's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $146.4 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 21.42% |
| Gross profit TTM | $52.7 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 50.38% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0% |
| Profit margin | 16.19% |
| Book value | $-4.64 |
| Market Capitalization | $400.2 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 41.35% of net profits
Recently Nathans Famous has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Nathans Famous shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Nathans Famous's case, that would currently equate to about $2 per share.
While Nathans Famous's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Nathans Famous may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Nathans Famous's most recent dividend payout was on 27 February 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 17 February 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Nathans Famous's shares have ranged in value from as little as $64.7253 up to $104.96. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Nathans Famous's is 0.207. This would suggest that Nathans Famous's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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. In addition, the company has license agreements to manufacture Nathan's Famous branded hot dog and sausage products in bulk for use in the food service industry; for supplying Nathan's Famous natural casing and skinless hot dogs in bulk for use in the Nathan's Famous restaurant system; to manufacture proprietary spices; to produce and distribute pickles; to produce and sell French fries and onion rings for retail sale; and to produce and sell miniature bagel dogs, franks-in-a-blanket, mozzarella sticks, other hors d'oeuvres, and bottled mustard through club stores, supermarkets, and other retail food stores. Further, the company sells Nathan's products directly to foodservice operators or to various foodservice distributors, as well as provides Arthur Treacher's brand fish fillets. Nathan's Famous, Inc.
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