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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
ARKR Ark Restaurants	$13.55 +0.7%	$13.86	$10.27 ▼ $18.75	$48.78M	0.98	1,638 shs	533 shs
FAT FAT Brands	$7.36 -0.4%	$7.62	$5.14 ▼ $9.48	$115.52M	1.82	9,968 shs	3,324 shs
LUB Luby's	$1.78	$1.79	$1.77 ▼ $5.13	$55.33M	1.15	114,882 shs	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$18.43 +5.8%	$18.07	$17.00 ▼ $21.30	$121.60M	0.09	1,228 shs	9,277 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ARKR Ark Restaurants	+0.74%	-0.59%	-1.53%	-9.18%	-24.13%
FAT FAT Brands	-0.41%	+1.38%	-0.81%	-13.11%	+32.37%
LUB Luby's	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	+5.78%	+5.29%	+3.69%	-3.02%	-1.46%

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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
ARKR Ark Restaurants	1.0205 of 5 stars	0.0	4.0	1.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.6
FAT FAT Brands	3.4835 of 5 stars	3.5	5.0	1.7	0.0	1.5	2.5	0.6
LUB Luby's	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	1.7025 of 5 stars	3.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.7	0.6

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ARKR Ark Restaurants	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FAT FAT Brands	3.00	Buy	$15.00	103.80% Upside
LUB Luby's	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	3.00	Buy	$24.00	30.25% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ARKR Ark Restaurants	$184.79M	0.26	$1.84 per share	7.37	$14.35 per share	0.94
FAT FAT Brands	$480.46M	0.24	N/A	N/A	($19.33) per share	-0.38
LUB Luby's	$214.02M	0.26	N/A	N/A	$2.39 per share	0.74
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$672.49M	0.18	$4.09 per share	4.50	$18.72 per share	0.98

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
ARKR Ark Restaurants	-$5.93M	-$1.75	N/A	∞	N/A	-3.40%	2.77%	0.87%	5/20/2024 (Estimated)
FAT FAT Brands	-$90.11M	-$5.75	N/A	N/A	N/A	-18.28%	N/A	-7.45%	8/1/2024 (Estimated)
LUB Luby's	-$29.45M	N/A	0.00	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$6.14M	$0.12	153.57	∞	N/A	0.91%	5.16%	0.76%	N/A

Latest ARKR, LUB, FAT, and MHGU Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
3/7/2024	Q4 2023	FAT FAT Brands	-$1.55	-$1.68	-$0.13	-$1.68	$150.00 million	$158.64 million
2/12/2024	Q1 2024	ARKR Ark Restaurants	N/A	$0.38	+$0.38	$0.38	N/A	$47.49 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ARKR Ark Restaurants	$0.75	5.54%	N/A	N/A	1 Years
FAT FAT Brands	$0.56	7.61%	N/A	N/A	N/A
LUB Luby's	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$0.20	1.09%	N/A	166.67%	N/A

Latest ARKR, LUB, FAT, and MHGU Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
4/23/2024	FAT FAT Brands	Quarterly	$0.14	7.47%	5/14/2024	5/15/2024	5/31/2024
2/6/2024	ARKR Ark Restaurants	Quarterly	$0.1880	5.31%	2/28/2024	2/29/2024	3/13/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ARKR Ark Restaurants	0.10	0.79	0.68
FAT FAT Brands	N/A	0.44	0.40
LUB Luby's	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	1.35	0.29	0.24

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ARKR Ark Restaurants	31.95%
FAT FAT Brands	6.90%
LUB Luby's	41.89%
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ARKR Ark Restaurants	37.17%
FAT FAT Brands	11.84%
LUB Luby's	24.58%
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	67.80%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ARKR Ark Restaurants	1,993	3.60 million	2.26 million	Not Optionable
FAT FAT Brands	7,390	15.70 million	13.84 million	Not Optionable
LUB Luby's	3,074	31.08 million	23.44 million	Optionable
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	12,000	6.60 million	2.13 million	Not Optionable

ARKR, LUB, FAT, and MHGU Headlines

Source	Headline
	Meritage Hospitality Group (OTCMKTS:MHGU) Stock Price Passes Below 50 Day Moving Average of $18.08 americanbankingnews.com - May 4 at 6:10 AM
	Is Meritage Hospitality Group (MHGU) a Great Value Stock Right Now? zacks.com - April 25 at 10:46 AM
	Meritage: Q1 Earnings Snapshot sfgate.com - April 24 at 6:39 PM
	Northland Capmk Analysts Decrease Earnings Estimates for Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. (OTCMKTS:MHGU) marketbeat.com - April 19 at 8:17 AM
	Meritage Hospitality Group (MHGU) Soars 5.4%: Is Further Upside Left in the Stock? zacks.com - April 16 at 11:21 AM
	Meritage Hospitality swings to profit in Q1 2024 verdictfoodservice.com - April 15 at 7:47 AM
	Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc.: Meritage Reports First Quarter 2024 Results; Strong Earnings Growth finanznachrichten.de - April 13 at 7:58 PM
	Meritage Reports First Quarter 2024 Results; Strong Earnings Growth globenewswire.com - April 12 at 3:10 PM
	Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. (OTCMKTS:MHGU) Short Interest Update marketbeat.com - April 12 at 12:14 AM
	The Meritage Resort and Spa Unveils $25 Million Reimagination finance.yahoo.com - April 2 at 11:56 PM
	Outlander Meritage Red Wine From Aldi - A Friendly Blend msn.com - March 30 at 1:22 PM
	King Family Vineyards Wins 2024 Virginia Governor’s Cup for the 2019 Meritage theroanokestar.com - March 8 at 2:03 PM
	Noodles' drop in sales drives company to a loss msn.com - March 7 at 6:00 PM
	Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. (MHGU) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Q4 Release zacks.com - March 6 at 11:01 AM
	Meritage reports 5.3% rise in Q4 prelim sales msn.com - February 20 at 4:35 PM
	Meritage Reports 2023 Full-Year Preliminary Results; 2024 Outlook: Accelerated Earnings Growth finance.yahoo.com - February 20 at 4:35 PM
	Meritage Reports 2023 Full-Year Preliminary Results; 2024 Outlook: Accelerated Earnings Growth globenewswire.com - February 20 at 12:30 PM
	MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. seekingalpha.com - February 17 at 9:37 PM
	KBW Reaffirms Their Hold Rating on Meritage (MTH) markets.businessinsider.com - February 7 at 10:06 AM
	Maintaining Hold on Meritage: Balancing Solid Order Growth with Margin Pressures and Market Uncertainties markets.businessinsider.com - February 1 at 5:57 PM
	Analysts Have Conflicting Sentiments on These Consumer Cyclical Companies: eBay (EBAY), Meritage (MTH) and Mercadolibre (MELI) markets.businessinsider.com - February 1 at 7:55 AM
	Wall Street's Insights Into Key Metrics Ahead of Meritage (MTH) Q4 Earnings finance.yahoo.com - January 26 at 5:42 PM
	Meritage closes Stan’s Tacos downtown Grand Rapids location crainsgrandrapids.com - January 24 at 11:14 PM
	Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc.B goes ex dividend tomorrow msn.com - December 13 at 2:44 PM

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Company Descriptions

Ark Restaurants

NASDAQ:ARKR

Ark Restaurants Corp., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates restaurants and bars in the United States. It operates restaurants in New York City; Washington, D.C.; Las Vegas, Nevada; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Florida; and Alabama, as well as fast food concepts and catering operations. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is based in New York, New York.

FAT Brands

NASDAQ:FAT

FAT Brands Inc., a multi-brand restaurant franchising company, acquires, develops, markets, and manages quick service, fast casual, casual dining, and polished casual dining restaurant concepts worldwide. It owns restaurant brands, including Round Table Pizza, Marble Slab Creamery, Great American Cookies, Hot Dog on a Stick, Pretzelmaker, Fazoli's, Fatburger, Johnny Rockets, Elevation Burger, Yalla Mediterranean, Buffalo's Cafe and Buffalo's Express, Hurricane Grill & Wings, Ponderosa Steakhouse/Bonanza Steakhouse, Native Grill & Wings, Smokey Bones, and Twin Peaks. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. FAT Brands Inc. is a subsidiary of Fog Cutter Holdings, LLC.

Luby's

NYSE:LUB

Luby's, Inc. is in liquidation. Previously, it provided restaurant services in the United States. As of November 19, 2021, the company operated 18 casual dining restaurants; and owned 24 properties. It also operated four Fuddruckers locations; and 14 Luby's cafeterias. The company was formerly known as Luby's Cafeterias, Inc. Luby's, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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.

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