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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Stocks - Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BBQ BBQ	$17.24	$17.22	$9.95 ▼ $17.56	$185.50M	1.62	63,659 shs	14,040 shs
CLWY Calloway's Nursery	$6.90	$7.68	$6.09 ▼ $13.93	$51.54M	0.65	2,348 shs	N/A
HOUR Hour Loop	$1.09 -3.5%	$1.27	$0.90 ▼ $4.89	$38.26M	1.27	39,859 shs	5,496 shs
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$17.93 -0.2%	$18.29	$17.00 ▼ $21.30	$118.35M	0.08	1,690 shs	200 shs
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$9.52 +0.2%	$9.47	$3.30 ▼ $9.54	$546.26M	2.5	960,242 shs	323,406 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BBQ BBQ	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
CLWY Calloway's Nursery	0.00%	-4.83%	-10.97%	-19.30%	-48.89%
HOUR Hour Loop	+1.80%	-4.24%	-14.39%	-15.04%	-31.10%
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	-0.21%	+1.88%	-2.01%	-5.62%	-4.37%
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	-0.11%	+0.32%	+0.21%	+1.06%	+180.24%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
BBQ BBQ	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CLWY Calloway's Nursery	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HOUR Hour Loop	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	3.4433 of 5 stars	3.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	1.7	2.5
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	2.5899 of 5 stars	1.0	3.0	0.8	1.8	2.2	3.3	1.3

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BBQ BBQ	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CLWY Calloway's Nursery	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HOUR Hour Loop	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	3.00	Buy	$24.00	33.84% Upside
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	2.00	Hold	$8.87	-6.86% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest HOUR, MHGU, BBQ, TAST, and CLWY Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Details
1/22/2024	TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold	$10.00 ➝ $9.55

(Data available from 4/19/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BBQ BBQ	$206.44M	0.90	$2.19 per share	7.89	$6.13 per share	2.81
CLWY Calloway's Nursery	$87.25M	0.59	$1.14 per share	6.06	$3.31 per share	2.08
HOUR Hour Loop	$132.12M	0.29	N/A	N/A	$0.13 per share	8.38
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$672.49M	0.18	$3.86 per share	4.65	$18.72 per share	0.96
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$1.88B	0.29	$2.02 per share	4.72	$3.40 per share	2.80

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BBQ BBQ	$24.02M	$1.17	14.74	12.96	1.10	4.62%	14.66%	4.64%	N/A
CLWY Calloway's Nursery	$5.75M	N/A	0.00	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HOUR Hour Loop	-$2.43M	-$0.07	N/A	∞	N/A	-1.84%	-49.19%	-11.69%	5/10/2024 (Estimated)
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$6.14M	$0.12	149.44	18.68	N/A	0.91%	5.16%	0.76%	N/A
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$33.80M	$0.52	18.31	∞	N/A	1.80%	19.41%	2.08%	5/9/2024 (Estimated)

Latest HOUR, MHGU, BBQ, TAST, and CLWY Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
3/26/2024	Q4 2023	HOUR Hour Loop	N/A	-$0.01	-$0.01	-$0.01	N/A	$59.49 million
3/8/2024	Q4 2023	TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$0.05	$0.10	+$0.05	$0.12	$470.41 million	$470.36 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BBQ BBQ	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CLWY Calloway's Nursery	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HOUR Hour Loop	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$0.08	0.84%	N/A	15.38%	N/A

Latest HOUR, MHGU, BBQ, TAST, and CLWY Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
2/22/2024	TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	Quarterly	$0.02	0.85%	3/8/2024	3/11/2024	4/5/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BBQ BBQ	0.32	0.73	0.64
CLWY Calloway's Nursery	N/A	N/A	N/A
HOUR Hour Loop	N/A	1.65	0.34
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	1.35	0.29	0.24
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	2.28	0.49	0.41

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BBQ BBQ	82.73%
CLWY Calloway's Nursery	N/A
HOUR Hour Loop	0.31%
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	N/A
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	86.80%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BBQ BBQ	25.00%
CLWY Calloway's Nursery	36.40%
HOUR Hour Loop	95.10%
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	67.80%
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	33.10%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BBQ BBQ	4,350	10.76 million	8.07 million	Not Optionable
CLWY Calloway's Nursery	N/A	7.47 million	4.75 million	Not Optionable
HOUR Hour Loop	178	35.10 million	1.72 million	Not Optionable
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	12,000	6.60 million	2.13 million	Not Optionable
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	25,000	57.38 million	38.39 million	Optionable

HOUR, MHGU, BBQ, TAST, and CLWY Headlines

Source	Headline
	StockNews.com Begins Coverage on Carrols Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:TAST) americanbankingnews.com - April 15 at 2:14 AM
	Yum China (NYSE:YUMC): Strongest Q4 Results from the Traditional Fast Food Group finance.yahoo.com - April 12 at 8:01 AM
	Traditional Fast Food Stocks Q3 Recap: Benchmarking Carrols (NASDAQ:TAST) finance.yahoo.com - April 10 at 10:29 AM
	Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Sells 251,729 Shares of Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TAST) marketbeat.com - April 5 at 4:35 AM
	Enjoy a taste of Mississippi's best culinary offerings at this event clarionledger.com - April 4 at 9:36 PM
	Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TAST) Short Interest Update marketbeat.com - March 30 at 12:39 PM
	Carrols: No Meat Left On This Bone, Sell seekingalpha.com - March 27 at 9:03 PM
	Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST) Flat As Market Sinks: What You Should Know zacks.com - March 22 at 7:21 PM
	CARROLS RESTAURANT GROUP INVESTOR ALERT by the Former Attorney General of Louisiana: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates Adequacy of Price and Process in Proposed Sale of Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. - TAST businesswire.com - March 19 at 12:24 PM
	5 Top Stocks to Gain on Signs of Household Spending Resilience zacks.com - March 18 at 9:20 AM
	Kaskela Law LLC MERGER INVESTIGATION: Does $9.55 Per Share Represent Sufficient Cash Out Value for Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST) Shares for Investors? businesswire.com - March 16 at 8:00 AM
	Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST) Flat As Market Sinks: What You Should Know zacks.com - March 15 at 7:21 PM
	TAST Stock Earnings: Carrols Restaurant Group Beats EPS, Misses Revenue for Q4 2023 investorplace.com - March 15 at 1:01 PM
	SHAREHOLDER UPDATE: Halper Sadeh LLC Investigates ETRN, SCX, TAST, HES stockhouse.com - March 12 at 2:04 PM
	SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Kaskela Law LLC Announces Investigation of Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (TAST) and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm stockhouse.com - March 11 at 10:26 AM
	5 Restaurant Stocks to Add to Your Portfolio on Soaring Sales zacks.com - March 11 at 10:16 AM
	Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST) Flat As Market Gains: What You Should Know zacks.com - March 7 at 7:16 PM
	Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: Here's Why zacks.com - March 1 at 7:16 PM
	Carrols Restaurant (TAST) Upgraded to Strong Buy: What Does It Mean for the Stock? zacks.com - March 1 at 1:01 PM
	Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for March 1st zacks.com - March 1 at 11:00 AM
	Should Value Investors Buy Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST) Stock? zacks.com - February 27 at 10:46 AM
	What's in Store for Carrols Restaurant's (TAST) in Q4 Earnings? zacks.com - February 26 at 12:36 PM
	Why Fast-paced Mover Carrols Restaurant (TAST) Is a Great Choice for Value Investors zacks.com - February 26 at 9:51 AM
	SHAK Feb 2024 98.000 put sg.finance.yahoo.com - February 23 at 2:05 PM

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Company Descriptions

BBQ

NASDAQ:BBQ

BBQ Holdings, Inc. develops, owns, operates, and franchises casual and fast dining restaurants under the Famous Dave's, Village Inn, Clark Crew BBQ, Granite City, Tahoe Joe's Steakhouse, Bakers Square, and Real Urban Barbecue names in the United States, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. It offers smoked, barbequed, and grilled meats, as well as entrée items, and side dishes and appetizers. The company operates full-service and counter-service restaurants. As of March 14, 2022, it had 100 company owned locations and approximately 200 franchised locations, including ghost kitchens operating out of the kitchen of another restaurant location or shared kitchen space. BBQ Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Calloway's Nursery

OTCMKTS:CLWY

Calloway's Nursery, Inc. operates garden centers in the United States. The company offers birding, fertilizers, garden tools,insect and pest control; mosquito control solutions, pottery, soils and mulches; weed control and fungicide to gardeners. It also provides cornelius home decor and lawn décor products. In addition, the company provides landscape design services. The company operates 24 stores under the Calloway's Nursery name in Texas. Calloway's Nursery, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

Hour Loop

NASDAQ:HOUR

Hour Loop, Inc., an online retailer, engages in e-commerce retailing in the United States. The company sells home/garden décor, toys, kitchenware, apparel, and electronics products. It sells its products through hourloop.com and third-party marketplaces. Hour Loop, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

Meritage Hospitality Group

OTCMKTS:MHGU

Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. operates quick-service and casual dining restaurants. The company operates restaurants under the Wendy's, Morning Belle, and Stan's Tacos, as well as Taco John's brand names in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. It is also involved in franchising activities. The company was formerly known as Thomas Edison Inns, Inc. and changed its name to Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. in May 1996. Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Carrols Restaurant Group

NASDAQ:TAST

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates restaurants in the United States. It operates quick service restaurants as a franchisee under the Burger King and Popeyes brands in 23 Northeastern, Midwestern, Southcentral, and Southeastern states. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Syracuse, New York.

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