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 stock repurchase program on Tuesday, February 27th 2018, which allows the company to buyback 1,500,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:FRGI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 7th. The restaurant operator reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.02. The restaurant operator earned $171.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $172.73 million. Fiesta Restaurant Group had a positive return on equity of 6.32% and a negative net margin of 6.92%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.25 EPS. View Fiesta Restaurant Group's Earnings History.

Fiesta Restaurant Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

3 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Fiesta Restaurant Group's shares. Their predictions range from $14.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Fiesta Restaurant Group's share price to reach $21.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 101.1% 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.

Media headlines about FRGI stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fiesta Restaurant Group earned a news sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

Fiesta Restaurant Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,726,000 shares, an increase of 18.0% from the June 30th total of 1,463,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 277,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.2 days. Approximately 6.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View Fiesta Restaurant Group's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Fiesta Restaurant Group investors own include CNX Resources (CNX), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Materion (MTRN), Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR), Alibaba Group (BABA), American Airlines Group (AAL), FireEye (FEYE), Alphabet (GOOG), Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO) and El Pollo LoCo (LOCO).

Fiesta Restaurant Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.12%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.70%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (8.24%), Private Capital Management LLC (5.50%), D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. (2.73%) and Birch Run Capital Advisors LP (1.59%). Company insiders that own Fiesta Restaurant Group stock include Brian P Friedman, Charles Locke, Jack A Smith, Jefferies Financial Group Inc, Joseph Brink, National Corp Leucadia, 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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Renaissance Technologies LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., THB Asset Management, Vanguard Group Inc. and AQR Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fiesta Restaurant Group.

FRGI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Private Capital Management LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., BlackRock Inc., Heartland Advisors Inc., Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, Morgan Stanley, Coatue Management LLC and GSA Capital Partners LLP. Company insiders that have bought Fiesta Restaurant Group stock in the last two years include Brian P Friedman, Charles Locke, Jack A Smith, Jefferies Financial Group Inc, National Corp Leucadia, 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 $10.44.

Fiesta Restaurant Group has a market capitalization of $286.89 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]