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

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

Fiesta Restaurant Group declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Tuesday, February 27th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback 1,500,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:FRGI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The restaurant operator reported $0.01 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.08. The restaurant operator had revenue of $164.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $164.39 million. Fiesta Restaurant Group had a positive return on equity of 5.52% and a negative net margin of 10.65%. Fiesta Restaurant Group's quarterly revenue was down 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.11 earnings per share. View Fiesta Restaurant Group's Earnings History.

Fiesta Restaurant Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

Fiesta Restaurant Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

1 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Fiesta Restaurant Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $14.00. On average, they anticipate Fiesta Restaurant Group's stock price to reach $14.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

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

Media coverage about FRGI stock has trended neutral recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fiesta Restaurant Group earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

Fiesta Restaurant Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,680,000 shares, an increase of 22.9% from the January 15th total of 2,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 305,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.8 days. Approximately 10.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View Fiesta Restaurant Group's Current Options Chain.

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Fiesta Restaurant Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.37%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.95%), Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. (1.34%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.18%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.98%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.71%). Company insiders that own Fiesta Restaurant Group stock include Jack A Smith, Jefferies Financial Group Inc, Joseph Brink, National Corp Leucadia and Richard C Stockinger. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

FRGI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including THB Asset Management, State Street Corp, AQR Capital Management LLC, KBC Group NV, Cetera Advisors LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Arizona State Retirement System and Alambic Investment Management L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

FRGI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., B. Riley Financial Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Russell Investments Group Ltd., UBS Group AG and Alpine Global Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Fiesta Restaurant Group stock in the last two years include Jack A Smith, Jefferies Financial Group Inc, National Corp Leucadia and Richard C Stockinger. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FRGI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.26.

Fiesta Restaurant Group has a market capitalization of $281.90 million and generates $688.60 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $7.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.60 on an earnings per share basis. Fiesta Restaurant Group employs 10,220 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Fiesta Restaurant Group.

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]