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Bull & Bear analysis
Bearish
Good Times Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIM) operates in the fast-casual dining segment, primarily through its brands Good Times and Bad Daddy's Burger Bar. The company is focused on delivering high-quality dining experiences while adjusting to evolving consumer preferences. Positioned within the casual dining sector, Good Times Restaurants aims to capitalize on themes of quality over price and adapting to more value-sensitive customers, especially in a competitive market environment that includes large players adopting aggressive discounting strategies.
Bull says
- ↑Same-store sales at Good Times and Bad Daddy’s showed sequential improvement in Q2.
- ↑$2 Bambinos promotion rolling out system-wide in June to drive traffic.
- ↑Food and beverage costs optimized to 29.6% of sales, down 110 bp YoY.
- ↑Debt-free balance sheet with a 0.66% dividend yield supports stability.
- ↑Book-to-price ratio of 1.91 indicates potential undervaluation; quality score positive
Bear says
- ↓Q2 revenues fell 3.1% YoY to $33.2 M; same-store sales dropped 0.8%.
- ↓Net income was $0.1 M (EPS $0.01), reflecting thin profitability.
- ↓Rising ground beef and labor costs expected to pressure H2 margins.
- ↓Execution risks in cook-to-order model and promo rollouts remain high.
- ↓High short interest (10.13%) underscores bearish market sentiment.
- ↓Negative earnings yield and weak momentum factors suggest earnings risk
Earnings Call · Q2 2025 · Mgmt. Guidance
Updated 05-29-2026neutral
Transcript signals
Bull points
- Craig brings to the role a long-term history with the brand, including knowledge of what has worked and not worked previously, but with a drive for change and a true passion for the Good Times brand.
- Our vision is to undo many of these changes to deliver an exceptional sweet treat occasion opportunity for our guests.
- This menu item immediately rocketed to the fourth position in our product mix, exceeded only by our CYO burger, our Beattie's American staple cheeseburger, and our signature bacon cheeseburger on steroids.
Bear points
- Results during our second fiscal quarter were certainly disappointing for both brands, with same-store sales down slightly more than 3.5 points at each brand.
- Profitability at good times declined at a greater rate than did sales, and this is due in part to the leveraging impact of the reduced sales, but further reduced by costs associated with implementing certain initiatives that I will discuss shortly.
- Labor costs in particular were higher than the year-ago quarter, and we expect labor costs to be higher into the third fiscal quarter as we continue to expect higher new and existing employee training costs.
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