Good Times Restaurants Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Good Times Restaurants Inc. had return on equity of 3.1%, an operating margin of 0.2%, debt equal to 7.1% of equity and a current ratio of 0.37. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Sept 2010 | 2011Sept 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Sept 2014 | 2015Sept 2015 | 2016Sept 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Sept 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.6% | 10.7% | 10.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | −9.2% | −3.2% | −2.4% | −1.7% | −0.8% | −0.5% | −0.5% | −1.8% | 0.4% | −3.2% | −11.0% | 5.6% | −0.6% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 1.3% |
| Net margin | −14.1% | −4.9% | −3.9% | −3.0% | −2.5% | −1.8% | −2.0% | −2.9% | −1.0% | −4.6% | −12.7% | 13.5% | −1.9% | 8.0% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −3.8% | −3.5% | −1.7% | −7.9% | −7.1% | −10.1% | −4.8% | −12.1% | −4.0% | −1.2% | 5.3% | 4.8% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1.4% | −1.0% | 1.9% |
| Return on equity | — | −54.4% | −29.0% | −13.6% | −6.9% | −3.2% | −3.6% | −6.4% | −3.0% | −16.7% | −67.7% | 77.3% | −9.4% | 37.5% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 6.5% |
| Return on assets | −35.2% | −13.2% | −11.1% | −8.1% | −5.2% | −2.4% | −2.8% | −4.4% | −1.8% | −8.5% | −17.4% | 17.4% | −2.9% | 12.5% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Asset turnover | 2.51 | 2.69 | 2.80 | 2.70 | 2.07 | 1.35 | 1.36 | 1.55 | 1.72 | 1.83 | 1.38 | 1.28 | 1.53 | 1.56 | 1.60 | 1.66 | 1.65 |
| Current ratio | 0.31 | 0.71 | 1.28 | 3.68 | 4.07 | 2.03 | 1.52 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 0.53 | 0.72 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.47 |
| Debt to equity | 261.1% | 98.1% | 56.4% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 10.2% | 0.1% | 15.5% | 22.0% | 46.9% | 125.2% | 50.9% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 7.1% | 0.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | 0.9x | n/m | n/m | 25.6x | n/m | 31.1x | 11.0x | 1.7x | 11.5x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | — | — | −49.7% | — | −43.2% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.3% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 10.9% | 12.2% | 17.3% | 13.2% | 18.4% | 10.5% | 7.3% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 1.9% | 3.5% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 0.9% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35.4% | — | 28.8% | 123.2% | −142.0% | 117.5% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38.7% | 71.2% | 97.9% | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Apr 2025 | 2025 Q3Jul 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Dec 2025 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | −0.3% | 0.2% | −1.5% | 3.3% | −1.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 5.0% |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.5% | −1.8% | 4.0% | −0.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 5.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −1.3% | −5.3% | −0.4% | 2.1% | −0.4% | 3.8% | 0.6% | 3.8% |
| Current ratio | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.40 | 0.47 |
| Debt to equity | 2.7% | 8.1% | 8.2% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 0.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $7m of assets due within a year against $14m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $4m of cash against $318,000 of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 1% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 23% to 1% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $4m of operating cash flow against $318,000 of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $2m against $154,000 of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Good Times Restaurants'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 0 / 20
Net income has been a median 0.6% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 0.5%; its worst year was -16.4%.
- Cash conversion 7 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 1.1% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 16.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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