Dine Brands Global, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Dine Brands Global, Inc. had a net margin of 1.9% and a current ratio of 0.96. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Dine Brands Global, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025
Gross margin	31.5%	32.2%	37.9%	46.1%	57.7%	57.3%	58.6%	48.8%	46.3%	45.2%	42.1%	36.1%	41.9%	41.5%	47.7%	46.2%	40.9%
Net margin	2.2%	−0.2%	7.0%	15.0%	11.2%	5.6%	15.4%	12.8%	−46.8%	10.3%	11.5%	−15.1%	10.9%	8.9%	11.7%	8.0%	1.9%
Free-cash-flow margin	10.1%	12.0%	8.9%	4.2%	18.9%	17.2%	18.9%	14.3%	7.2%	16.1%	14.9%	12.4%	20.0%	5.9%	11.3%	11.6%	6.1%
Return on equity	44.9%	−3.6%	63.0%	55.0%	23.1%	12.3%	38.4%	43.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on assets	1.0%	−0.1%	2.7%	5.1%	3.0%	1.5%	4.4%	4.4%	−17.1%	4.6%	5.5%	−5.0%	4.8%	4.2%	5.4%	3.7%	1.0%
Asset turnover	0.46	0.45	0.39	0.34	0.27	0.28	0.29	0.34	0.36	0.44	0.48	0.33	0.44	0.47	0.46	0.46	0.50
Current ratio	—	1.32	1.07	1.10	1.17	1.22	1.25	1.28	1.26	1.21	0.97	1.68	1.40	1.02	0.78	0.87	0.96
Debt to equity	0.0%	>999%	914.1%	391.7%	383.3%	465.8%	478.8%	654.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Effective tax rate	14.1%	—	28.4%	34.5%	34.9%	29.3%	37.8%	36.0%	—	27.4%	24.6%	—	19.7%	29.3%	13.0%	27.6%	32.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue	1.1%	1.4%	2.4%	2.0%	1.1%	0.9%	1.0%	0.7%	1.8%	1.8%	2.1%	1.6%	1.9%	3.9%	4.5%	1.7%	4.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	453.6%	—	126.8%	28.1%	167.7%	308.9%	122.8%	111.4%	—	156.9%	130.1%	—	182.9%	66.6%	96.7%	145.0%	312.3%
Dividends ÷ net income	76.7%	—	0.0%	0.0%	79.7%	117.2%	63.1%	66.8%	—	63.6%	45.9%	—	0.0%	38.2%	32.6%	48.2%	181.3%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	16.9%	16.3%	22.2%	0.0%	72.2%	66.4%	105.7%	109.2%	152.4%	67.2%	116.1%	63.4%	2.3%	280.4%	61.5%	46.1%	171.7%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Dine Brands Global, Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q2Jun 2024	2024 Q3Sept 2024	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026
Gross margin	48.1%	47.8%	41.7%	42.0%	40.0%	39.1%	38.8%	37.9%
Net margin	11.2%	9.8%	2.5%	3.8%	6.0%	3.4%	3.3%	1.8%
Free-cash-flow margin	8.8%	11.3%	13.0%	6.0%	13.4%	8.4%	−2.0%	0.5%
Current ratio	0.81	0.86	0.87	0.87	0.86	1.05	0.89	0.86

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

0 of 3 checks passed · June 28, 2026

What it owns · $1.8bn

Short-term assets $289mLonger-term assets $1.5bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $2.1bn

Short-term liabilities $337mLonger-term liabilities $1.7bnShareholders' equity $-292m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $289m of assets due within a year against $337m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $289m short-term assets against $1.7bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $98m of cash against $1.2bn of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Dine Brands Global, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

53 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Dine Brands Global's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 5 / 20

Net income has been a median 4.5% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 11 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 43.3%, moving by 6.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 2 / 20

Net margin has been a median 9.3%; its worst year was -55.2%.
Cash conversion 15 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 10.8% of revenue.
Discipline 20 / 20

The diluted share count fell 20.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Dine Brands Global, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Dine Brands Global, Inc.