Nathan's Famous NATH Ratios & Valuation
| Q4 '26 | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 34.3%-5.2pp | 34.8%-5.5pp | 36%-4.5pp | 38.2%-2.5pp | 39.5%-0.5pp | |
| Operating margin | 18.6%-6.1pp | 20.1%-5.1pp | 21.6%-3.0pp | 23.6%-1.0pp | 24.6%+1.2pp | |
| Net margin | 12.4%-3.9pp | 13.6%-2.6pp | 14.7%-0.4pp | 15.7%+0.5pp | 16.2%+2.1pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 19.1%-6.1pp | 20.7%-5.2pp | 22.2%-3.1pp | 24.3%-1.1pp | 25.3%+1.0pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 11%-5.9pp | 14%-2.8pp | 12.9%-3.2pp | 13.1%-2.8pp | 16.9%+2.7pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on assets | 37.4%-9.6pp | 43%-8.7pp | 37.9%+2.5pp | 38.8%+4.2pp | 47%+10.5pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 170.6%-52.1pp | 167.6%-17.7pp | 169.7%-16.8pp | 157.1%-12.3pp | 222.6%+31.1pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 3×+0.1× | 3.2×0.0× | 2.6×+0.2× | 2.5×+0.2× | 2.9×+0.3× | |
| Inventory turnover | 100.9×+13.9× | 162.2×+9.3× | 101.8×+12.9× | 101.5×+2.7× | 87×-33.5× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 2.5×-0.2× | 2.7×-0.2× | 3.1×+0.1× | 2.7×0.0× | 2.7×+0.2× | |
| Quick ratio | 2.4×-0.2× | 2.7×-0.2× | 3.1×+0.1× | 2.7×0.0× | 2.6×+0.2× | |
| Cash ratio | 1.3×-0.4× | 1.5×-0.2× | 1.8×-0.1× | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.7×+0.3× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-assets | 1×-0.1× | 1×-0.1× | 0.9×-0.3× | 0.9×-0.3× | 1×-0.3× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.6×-0.3× | 0.8×-0.3× | 0.8×-0.6× | |
| Interest coverage | 10.5×+1.6× | 10.7×+2.5× | 10.8×+3.7× | 9.3×+2.4× | 8.9×+2.8× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | -$3.45+14.5% | -$3.71+20.1% | -$1.43+72.5% | -$2.27+63.7% | -$4.03+49.9% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $416.07M-7.2% | $382.66M+19.2% | $452.87M+37.0% | $457.29M+65.2% | $394.13M+36.4% | |
| Enterprise value | $443.76M-6.8% | $411.09M+16.1% | $474.57M+30.1% | $485.31M+53.1% | $422.25M+26.3% | |
| Price / earnings | 20.8×+2.1× | 17.8×+4.3× | 19.8×+4.7× | 19.3×+6.4× | 16.4×+1.7× | |
| Price / sales | 2.6×-0.5× | 2.4×+0.2× | 2.9×+0.6× | 3×+1.1× | 2.7×+0.6× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.3×+1.6× | 12.6×+3.2× | 13.8×+3.8× | 13.3×+4.5× | 11.3×+1.3× | |
| EV / sales | 2.7×-0.5× | 2.6×+0.2× | 3.1×+0.5× | 3.2×+1.0× | 2.8×+0.4× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 4.3%-1.3pp | 5.8%-1.9pp | 4.4%-2.6pp | 4.3%-3.8pp | 6.3%-0.5pp | |
| Earnings yield | 4.8%-0.5pp | 5.6%-1.8pp | 5%-1.6pp | 5.2%-2.6pp | 6.1%-0.7pp |
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- What are Nathan's Famous's profit margins?
- Nathan's Famous (NATH) runs a 34.3% gross margin and a 18.6% operating margin, with a 12.4% net margin.
- Where do Nathan's Famous's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Nathan's Famous's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
