NASDAQ:FRGI - Fiesta Restaurant Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Fiesta Restaurant Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FRGI."

Fiesta Restaurant Group declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, February 27th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 1,500,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:FRGI) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 6th. The restaurant operator reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.03. The restaurant operator earned $176.83 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.21 million. Fiesta Restaurant Group had a return on equity of 5.87% and a net margin of 0.73%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.30 earnings per share. View Fiesta Restaurant Group's Earnings History.

Fiesta Restaurant Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

Fiesta Restaurant Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, February 25th at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 2016898562.

3 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Fiesta Restaurant Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $28.00. On average, they expect Fiesta Restaurant Group's stock price to reach $26.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 72.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fiesta Restaurant Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

News headlines about FRGI stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fiesta Restaurant Group earned a media sentiment score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Some companies that are related to Fiesta Restaurant Group include Sonic (SONC), Dine Brands Global (DIN), MITCHELLS &BUTLERS (MBPFF), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Denny's (DENN), Ruth's Hospitality Group (RUTH), Bojangles (BOJA), El Pollo LoCo (LOCO), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Chuy's (CHUY), Del Taco Restaurants (TACO), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Noodles & Co (NDLS) and Nathan's Famous (NATH).

Fiesta Restaurant Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (13.89%), BlackRock Inc. (12.65%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.88%), Thomson Horstmann & Bryant Inc. (1.81%), Millennium Management LLC (1.47%) and D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. (1.24%). Company insiders that own Fiesta Restaurant Group stock include Barry J Alperin, Brian P Friedman, Charles Locke, Cheri Kinder, Jack A Smith, Jefferies Financial Group Inc, Joseph Brink, National Corp Leucadia, Paul E Twohig, Richard C Stockinger and Stephen P Elker. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

FRGI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, GSA Capital Partners LLP, Prudential Financial Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, First Manhattan Co., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Northern Trust Corp and New York State Common Retirement Fund. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

FRGI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jefferies Financial Group Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Portolan Capital Management LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Squarepoint Ops LLC and Moon Capital Management LP. Company insiders that have bought Fiesta Restaurant Group stock in the last two years include Barry J Alperin, Brian P Friedman, Charles Locke, Jack A Smith, Jefferies Financial Group Inc, National Corp Leucadia, Paul E Twohig, Richard C Stockinger and Stephen P Elker. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

Shares of FRGI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FRGI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.40.

Fiesta Restaurant Group has a market capitalization of $419.76 million and generates $669.13 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $-36,230,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.60 on an earnings per share basis. Fiesta Restaurant Group employs 10,290 workers across the globe.

The official website for Fiesta Restaurant Group is http://www.frgi.com.

Fiesta Restaurant Group's mailing address is 14800 LANDMARK BOULEVARD SUITE 500, DALLAS TX, 75254. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 972-702-9300 or via email at [email protected]