Skip to the list
English

Casual dining restaurants

The 13 companies in this industry listed on the NYSE and Nasdaq are worth $55 bn combined; the largest are Darden Restaurants (DRI), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH) and Brinker International (EAT). For each one: what it does, revenue, margin, free cash flow over the last five years and a score from 0 to 10.

Data as of October 2026

Comfortable leader
13 companies value 55 bn revenue 43 bn margin 5.3% free cash flow 2.5 bn avg. score 4.2
DRI holds 44.1% of the group's value, 2.2x the runner-up
Rank Ticker Company Share Value Revenue Margin FCF 5 years FCF/px Yield What it does · why it is here
1 DRI Darden Restaurants
United States · score 6.6
 44% 25 bn 13 bn 8.8% 1.1 bn 4.3% 2.9% Olive Garden, LongHorn and Capital Grille restaurants · Owner of Olive Garden; largest US full-service restaurant group
2 TXRH Texas Roadhouse
United States · score 6.7
 20% 11 bn 6.2 bn 6.5% 0.4 bn 3.6% 1.7% Texas Roadhouse steakhouses · Best same-store sales growth in its segment
3 EAT Brinker International
United States · score 6.7
 15% 8.3 bn 5.8 bn 8.4% 0.6 bn 6.7% — Chili's and Maggiano's restaurants · Owner of Chili's, the chain with the strongest sales recovery in its segment
4 CAKE Cheesecake Factory
United States · score 5.8
 10% 5.8 bn 3.9 bn 4.6% 0.2 bn 3.6% 1.0% The Cheesecake Factory restaurants · High-ticket restaurants with a huge menu and high occupancy
5 CBRL CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC
United States · score 5.1
 3% 1.5 bn 3.3 bn 1.0% 0.1 bn 5.7% 1.5% Cracker Barrel roadside restaurants and stores · Tennessee — revenue of $3.3bn
6 BJRI BJs RESTAURANTS INC
United States · score 5.4
 2% 1.3 bn 1.4 bn 2.9% 0.1 bn 3.7% — Restaurants with their own brewery · California — revenue of $1.4bn
7 BLMN Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
United States · score 6.2
 2% 0.9 bn 4.0 bn 0.7% 0.1 bn 18.2% 1.5% Outback, Carrabba's and Bonefish Grill restaurants · Florida — revenue of $4bn
8 FWRG First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
United States · score 2.1
 1% 0.8 bn 1.3 bn 1.4% -0.0 bn -2.8% — Holding company of First Watch restaurants · Florida — revenue of $1.3bn
9 HDL SUPER HI INTERNATIONAL HOLDING LTD.
Singapore · score 5.9
 1% 0.7 bn 0.8 bn 4.3% 0.1 bn 9.2% — Haidilao hot pot restaurants outside China · Singapore — revenue of $841m
10 DIN Dine Brands Global, Inc.
United States · score 2.4
 1% 0.4 bn 0.9 bn 0.8% 0.0 bn 1.5% 6.3% IHOP, Applebee's and Fuzzy's Taco Shop restaurant franchises · California — revenue of $900m
11 RRGB RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
United States · score 0.0
 0% 0.2 bn 1.2 bn -2.5% 0.0 bn -1.1% — Red Robin casual gourmet burger restaurants · Colorado — revenue of $1.2bn
12 GENK GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
United States · score 0.0
 0% 0.1 bn 0.2 bn -2.1% -0.0 bn -36.7% 0.3% Korean barbecue restaurants · California — revenue of $210m
13 STKS ONE Group Hospitality, Inc.
United States · score 1.7
 0% 0.0 bn 0.8 bn -10.2% 0.0 bn 9.9% — Restaurants and hospitality consulting · Colorado — revenue of $801m

Other industries in the same sector

and 36 industries more
What this is. A catalogue, not a guide. Every industry with stocks listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ, the companies contending for its leadership, what each one does according to its own annual report, and the balance sheet it filed with the SEC.

The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.

Have a question or a suggestion, or found a mistake?

Write here: a question about the score, a missing company or industry, a number that looks wrong. Every message is read, and the email is so I can reply.