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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
BBQ BBQ	$17.24	$17.22	$9.95 ▼ $17.56	$185.50M	1.62	63,659 shs	14,040 shs
BFI BurgerFi International	$0.42 -4.8%	$0.61	$0.39 ▼ $2.06	$11.36M	0.5	101,661 shs	316,880 shs
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$18.56 +5.4%	$18.33	$17.00 ▼ $21.30	$122.46M	0.08	1,452 shs	7,996 shs
PBPB Potbelly	$10.09 +0.2%	$12.23	$7.12 ▼ $14.36	$299.47M	1.32	272,302 shs	184,261 shs
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$9.51 +0.2%	$9.47	$2.82 ▼ $9.54	$545.68M	2.5	979,636 shs	175,037 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%
BFI BurgerFi International	-6.06%	-12.05%	-27.11%	-36.84%	-63.21%
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	+5.43%	+4.42%	+1.39%	-2.24%	-2.19%
PBPB Potbelly	-3.82%	-6.59%	-12.05%	-21.85%	+5.33%
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	+0.11%	+0.11%	+0.11%	+0.21%	+240.14%

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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
BFI BurgerFi International	2.7372 of 5 stars	3.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.5	0.6
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	3.4584 of 5 stars	3.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.5
PBPB Potbelly	3.3331 of 5 stars	3.4	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.3	2.5
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	3.1307 of 5 stars	1.0	3.0	1.7	1.8	3.3	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
BFI BurgerFi International	3.00	Buy	$4.00	852.15% Upside
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	3.00	Buy	$24.00	29.35% Upside
PBPB Potbelly	2.75	Moderate Buy	$13.67	35.45% Upside
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	2.00	Hold	$8.87	-6.76% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest TAST, MHGU, BBQ, PBPB, and BFI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
3/8/2024	PBPB Potbelly	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
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
1/17/2024	TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	Craig Hallum Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold
1/16/2024	TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$13.00 ➝ $9.55

(Data available from 4/16/2021 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
BFI BurgerFi International	$170.10M	0.07	N/A	N/A	$2.13 per share	0.20
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$672.49M	0.18	$4.08 per share	4.55	$18.72 per share	0.99
PBPB Potbelly	$491.41M	0.61	$0.56 per share	18.04	$0.48 per share	21.02
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$1.88B	0.29	$2.02 per share	4.71	$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
BFI BurgerFi International	-$30.71M	-$1.22	N/A	∞	N/A	-18.05%	-34.41%	-8.81%	5/21/2024 (Estimated)
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$6.14M	$0.12	154.64	19.33	N/A	0.91%	5.16%	0.76%	N/A
PBPB Potbelly	$5.12M	$0.16	63.06	40.36	N/A	1.04%	50.06%	1.75%	5/2/2024 (Estimated)
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	$33.80M	$0.52	18.29	45.29	N/A	1.80%	19.41%	2.08%	5/9/2024 (Estimated)

Latest TAST, MHGU, BBQ, PBPB, and BFI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
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	PBPB Potbelly	$0.02	$0.02	N/A	-$0.05	$125.80 million	$125.75 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
BFI BurgerFi International	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PBPB Potbelly	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 TAST, MHGU, BBQ, PBPB, and BFI 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
BFI BurgerFi International	0.28	0.15	0.14
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	1.35	0.29	0.24
PBPB Potbelly	1.36	0.75	0.70
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	2.28	0.49	0.41

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BBQ BBQ	82.73%
BFI BurgerFi International	15.14%
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	N/A
PBPB Potbelly	72.60%
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	86.80%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BBQ BBQ	25.00%
BFI BurgerFi International	21.80%
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	N/A
PBPB Potbelly	9.10%
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
BFI BurgerFi International	808	27.04 million	21.15 million	Optionable
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	12,000	6.60 million	N/A	Not Optionable
PBPB Potbelly	5,000	29.68 million	26.98 million	Optionable
TAST Carrols Restaurant Group	25,000	57.38 million	38.39 million	Optionable

TAST, MHGU, BBQ, PBPB, and BFI 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
	Carrols Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:TAST) Sees Strong Trading Volume marketbeat.com - March 18 at 2:48 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

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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.

BurgerFi International

NASDAQ:BFI

BurgerFi International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and franchises fast-casual and premium-casual dining restaurants. Its restaurants offer burgers, hot dogs, crispy chicken, frozen custard, hand-cut fries, shakes, beer, wine, pizza, coal fired chicken wings, homemade meatballs, and a variety of handcrafted sandwiches and salads. The company was formerly known as Opes Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to BurgerFi International, Inc. in December 2020. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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.

Potbelly

NASDAQ:PBPB

Potbelly Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and franchises Potbelly sandwich shops in the United States. The company was formerly known as Potbelly Sandwich Works, Inc. and changed its name to Potbelly Corporation in 2002. Potbelly Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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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