Nathan's Famous (NATH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Nathan’s Famous, Inc. is a restaurant and food-products company best known for its Nathan’s Famous brand of hot dogs. Founded by Nathan Handwerker in 1916 at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, the company has developed its original hot dog business into a broader portfolio of branded restaurant and packaged-food offerings.

The company operates and franchises Nathan’s Famous restaurants, which serve hot dogs, sausages, hamburgers, fries, chicken products, and other casual dining items. In addition to its restaurants, Nathan’s sells branded hot dogs and other products through grocery stores, club retailers, foodservice distributors, and other channels. Its products are also distributed through licensing and promotional arrangements.

Nathan’s Famous serves customers in the United States and in international markets through its company-operated and franchised locations, retail products, and foodservice business. The company is also associated with the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest, a long-running event that has helped increase global recognition of the brand.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $101.87 to $101.96
• 50-Day Range: $94.29 to $101.91
• 52-Week Range: $88.67 to $111.39
• Volume: 18,376 shs
• Average Volume: 34,465 shs
• Market Capitalization: $417.67 million
• P/E Ratio: 21.10
• Dividend Yield: 1.96%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Nathan's Famous Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Nathan's Famous scored higher than 52% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 300th out of 485 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Nathan's Famous has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Nathan's Famous has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Nathan's Famous is 21.09, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Nathan's Famous is 21.09, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 45.56.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.36% of the float of Nathan's Famous has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Nathan's Famous has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Nathan's Famous has recently decreased by 6.70%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Nathan's Famous pays a meaningful dividend of 1.96%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Nathan's Famous does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Nathan's Famous is 41.41%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.67

News Sentiment

Nathan's Famous has a news sentiment score of 0.67. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Nathan's Famous this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Nathan's Famous insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

30.70% of the stock of Nathan's Famous is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

66.54% of the stock of Nathan's Famous is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/07/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/06/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NATH
• CIK: 69733
• Web: www.nathansfamous.com
• Phone: (516) 338-8500
• Fax: 516-338-7220
• Employees: 129
• Year Founded: 1916

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.83
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.10
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $20.02 million
• Net Margins: 11.78%
• Pretax Margin: 16.61%
• Return on Equity: -187.25%
• Return on Assets: 34.31%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.45
• Quick Ratio: 2.39

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $162.06 million
• Price / Sales: 2.58
• Cash Flow: $5.13 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 19.85
• Book Value: ($3.47) per share
• Price / Book: -29.36

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 4,100,000
• Free Float: 2,840,000
• Market Cap: $417.67 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.25