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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
FRGI Fiesta Restaurant Group	$8.49	$8.48	$6.00 ▼ $9.28	$222.35M	1.74	138,104 shs	N/A
NDLS Noodles & Company	$1.19 +0.8%	$2.05	$1.11 ▼ $5.00	$53.54M	1.65	267,282 shs	275,397 shs
RUTH Ruth's Hospitality Group	$21.49	$21.47	$14.65 ▼ $21.50	$690.47M	1.82	827,164 shs	N/A
TACO Del Taco Restaurants	$12.51	$12.50	$7.34 ▼ $12.56	$455.26M	2.06	928,773 shs	1 shs
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$9.52 +0.2%	$9.47	$3.30 ▼ $9.54	$546.31M	2.5	962,090 shs	457,069 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
FRGI Fiesta Restaurant Group	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	+2.54%
NDLS Noodles & Company	-5.60%	-23.87%	-34.44%	-54.44%	-75.92%
RUTH Ruth's Hospitality Group	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	+29.30%
TACO Del Taco Restaurants	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
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
FRGI Fiesta Restaurant Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NDLS Noodles & Company	3.2964 of 5 stars	3.3	1.0	0.0	3.4	2.4	1.7	0.6
RUTH Ruth's Hospitality Group	1.4372 of 5 stars	0.0	0.0	2.5	2.6	1.1	1.7	1.9
TACO Del Taco Restaurants	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	2.562 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
FRGI Fiesta Restaurant Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NDLS Noodles & Company	2.50	Moderate Buy	$5.33	348.18% Upside
RUTH Ruth's Hospitality Group	2.00	Hold	N/A	N/A
TACO Del Taco Restaurants	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	2.00	Hold	$8.87	-6.86% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest TAST, NDLS, RUTH, TACO, and FRGI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Details
3/12/2024	NDLS Noodles & Company	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$5.00 ➝ $4.00
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
FRGI Fiesta Restaurant Group	$387.35M	0.57	$0.46 per share	18.41	$5.59 per share	1.52
NDLS Noodles & Company	$503.40M	0.11	$0.47 per share	2.52	$0.60 per share	1.98
RUTH Ruth's Hospitality Group	$505.86M	1.36	$1.97 per share	10.92	$3.99 per share	5.39
TACO Del Taco Restaurants	$491.88M	0.93	$1.67 per share	7.47	$5.70 per share	2.19
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
FRGI Fiesta Restaurant Group	-$14.56M	-$0.21	N/A	∞	N/A	-1.25%	0.82%	0.34%	N/A
NDLS Noodles & Company	-$9.86M	-$0.22	N/A	N/A	N/A	-1.96%	-13.20%	-1.20%	5/8/2024 (Confirmed)
RUTH Ruth's Hospitality Group	$38.62M	$1.20	17.91	16.79	N/A	7.66%	32.00%	8.63%	N/A
TACO Del Taco Restaurants	-$89.74M	$0.53	23.60	22.75	N/A	3.83%	9.43%	2.73%	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 TAST, NDLS, RUTH, TACO, and FRGI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/8/2024	N/A	NDLS Noodles & Company	-$0.19	N/A	+$0.19	N/A	N/A	N/A
3/8/2024	Q4 2023	TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$0.05	$0.10	+$0.05	$0.12	$470.41 million	$470.36 million
3/7/2024	Q4 2023	NDLS Noodles & Company	-$0.01	-$0.07	-$0.06	N/A	$124.95 million	$124.32 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
FRGI Fiesta Restaurant Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NDLS Noodles & Company	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
RUTH Ruth's Hospitality Group	$0.64	2.98%	N/A	53.33%	1 Years
TACO Del Taco Restaurants	$0.16	1.28%	N/A	30.19%	N/A
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$0.08	0.84%	N/A	15.38%	N/A

Latest TAST, NDLS, RUTH, TACO, and FRGI 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
FRGI Fiesta Restaurant Group	N/A	1.38	1.34
NDLS Noodles & Company	2.95	0.34	0.18
RUTH Ruth's Hospitality Group	0.11	0.46	0.39
TACO Del Taco Restaurants	0.49	0.19	0.16
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	2.28	0.49	0.41

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
FRGI Fiesta Restaurant Group	99.67%
NDLS Noodles & Company	65.67%
RUTH Ruth's Hospitality Group	87.33%
TACO Del Taco Restaurants	83.29%
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	86.80%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
FRGI Fiesta Restaurant Group	3.10%
NDLS Noodles & Company	2.90%
RUTH Ruth's Hospitality Group	6.01%
TACO Del Taco Restaurants	13.20%
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	33.10%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
FRGI Fiesta Restaurant Group	4,350	26.19 million	25.38 million	Optionable
NDLS Noodles & Company	7,600	44.99 million	43.69 million	Optionable
RUTH Ruth's Hospitality Group	4,768	32.13 million	30.20 million	Optionable
TACO Del Taco Restaurants	7,892	36.39 million	31.59 million	Optionable
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	25,000	57.39 million	38.39 million	Optionable

TAST, NDLS, RUTH, TACO, and FRGI 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

Fiesta Restaurant Group

NASDAQ:FRGI

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and franchises fast-casual restaurants. It operates its fast-casual restaurants under the Pollo Tropical brand. The company's Pollo Tropical restaurants offer fire-grilled and citrus marinated chicken, and other freshly prepared tropical inspired menu items. The company owns Pollo Tropical restaurants in Florida and franchised Pollo Tropical restaurants in the Puerto Rico, Panama, Guyana, Bahamas, Ecuador, and Florida. Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Noodles & Company

NASDAQ:NDLS

Noodles & Company, a restaurant concept company, develops and operates fast-casual restaurants. It offers cooked-to-order dishes, including noodles and pasta, soups, salads, and appetizers. It operates company owned locations and franchise locations. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Broomfield, Colorado.

Ruth's Hospitality Group

NASDAQ:RUTH

Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises fine dining restaurants under the Ruth's Chris Steak House name. Its restaurants offer food and beverage products to special occasion diners and frequent customers, as well as business clients. The company was formerly known as Ruth's Chris Steak House, Inc. and changed its name to Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. in May 2008. Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Winter Park, Florida.

Del Taco Restaurants

NASDAQ:TACO

Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. develops, franchises, owns, and operates Del Taco quick-service Mexican-American restaurants in the United States. The company's restaurants offer Mexican inspired and American classic dishes. As of August 31, 2021, it operated approximately 600 restaurants across 16 states. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, California.

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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