Del Taco Restaurants Company Profile (NASDAQ:TACO)

About Del Taco Restaurants

Del Taco Restaurants, Inc., formerly Levy Acquisition Corporation, is an operator and franchisor of restaurants featuring fresh and fast made-to-order cuisine, including both Mexican inspired and American classic dishes. The Company operates Del Taco restaurants in approximately 20 states, including over one franchised restaurant in Guam. The Company has approximately 300 Company-operated and over 250 franchised restaurants. The Company's menu offers a combination of Mexican-inspired food, such as tacos and burritos, and American classics, such as Double Del cheeseburgers, crinkle-cut fries and milkshakes. Additionally, the Company's menu features both premium items such as Epic Burritos, Handcrafted Ensaladas and Fresca Bowls, as well as lower priced items on its Buck & Under Menu. Del Taco restaurant is a free-standing building with drive-in service that ranges in size from 2,000 to 2,600 square feet.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Retail/Wholesale
Industry: Restaurants
Sub-Industry: N/A
Exchange: NASDAQ
Symbol: TACO
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Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $11.72
50 Day Moving Average: $11.14
200 Day Moving Average: $10.03
52-Week Range: $8.37 - $14.56
Trailing P/E Ratio: 28.94
Foreward P/E Ratio: 19.21
P/E Growth: 1.79
Market Cap: $445.08M
Outstanding Shares: 37,976,000

Profitability:

Net Margins: 2.56%
Return on Equity: 2.87%
Return on Assets: 1.50%

Debt:

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.45%
Current Ratio: 0.32%
Quick Ratio: 0.27%

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Consensus Ratings for Del Taco Restaurants (NASDAQ:TACO) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	1 Hold Rating, 5 Buy Ratings
Consensus Rating:	Buy (Score: 2.83)
Consensus Price Target:	$14.58 (24.43% upside)

Analysts' Ratings History for Del Taco Restaurants (NASDAQ:TACO)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/13/2016	Citigroup Inc.	Boost Price Target	Buy	$12.00 -> $13.00
9/3/2016	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$15.00
7/21/2016	Jefferies Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$16.00 -> $14.00
1/5/2016	BTIG Research	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$14.00
10/28/2015	Piper Jaffray Cos.	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$13.00
10/13/2015	Dougherty & Co	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$18.50
6/2/2015	CJS Securities	Initiated Coverage	Outperform

(Data available from 9/30/2014 forward)

Earnings History for Del Taco Restaurants (NASDAQ:TACO)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
10/17/2016
7/20/2016	Q216	$0.12	$0.13	$100.06 million	$100.00 million	View	Listen
5/2/2016	Q116	$0.08	$0.08	$96.09 million	$97.40 million	View	N/A
3/7/2016	Q415	$0.19	$0.12	$133.33 million	$133.40 million	View	N/A
10/19/2015	Q315	$0.10	($0.06)	$97.60 million	$98.60 million	View	Listen

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for Del Taco Restaurants (NASDAQ:TACO)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $0.55 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $0.61 EPS

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q1 2016	4	$0.07	$0.12	$0.09
Q2 2016	4	$0.11	$0.15	$0.13
Q3 2016	4	$0.12	$0.13	$0.12
Q4 2016	3	$0.21	$0.23	$0.22
Q1 2017	1	$0.10	$0.10	$0.10
Q2 2017	1	$0.13	$0.13	$0.13
Q3 2017	1	$0.14	$0.14	$0.14
Q4 2017	1	$0.23	$0.23	$0.23

(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Dividend History for Del Taco Restaurants (NASDAQ:TACO)
No dividend announcements for this company have been tracked by MarketBeat.com

Insider Trading History for Del Taco Restaurants (NASDAQ:TACO)

Insider Ownership Percentage: 36.20%
Institutional Ownership Percentage: 63.13%

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
8/19/2016	David Pear	SVP	Sell	6,000	$10.55	$63,300.00
4/6/2016	Pleasant Lake Partners Llc	Major Shareholder	Sell	1,450,000	$9.86	$14,297,000.00
3/22/2016	David Pear	SVP	Sell	10,000	$10.67	$106,700.00
11/23/2015	Patrick Walsh	Director	Buy	10,000	$10.33	$103,300.00
11/19/2015	Patrick Walsh	Director	Buy	30,000	$10.26	$307,800.00
9/30/2015	Pleasant Lake Partners Llc	Major Shareholder	Buy	40,063	$13.29	$532,437.27
8/31/2015	Pleasant Lake Partners Llc	Major Shareholder	Buy	107,400	$13.09	$1,405,866.00
8/27/2015	Pleasant Lake Partners Llc	Major Shareholder	Buy	411,381	$12.92	$5,315,042.52
7/8/2015	Pleasant Lake Partners Llc	Major Shareholder	Buy	2,414	$14.98	$36,161.72
6/30/2015	Eileen A Aptman	Director	Buy	467,500	$8.56	$4,001,800.00

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Latest Headlines for Del Taco Restaurants (NASDAQ:TACO)

Date	Headline
	Del Taco Signs Franchisee for Five Upcoming San Diego Locations (NASDAQ:TACO) www.sdbj.com - September 25 at 6:23 PM
	Del Taco Restaurants Inc. Signs Franchisee for Five Upcoming San Diego Locations (NASDAQ:TACO) www.sdbj.com - September 24 at 6:47 PM
	Del Taco to Add Five New San Diego Locations (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - September 22 at 10:20 AM
	Brinker (EAT) Prospects Bright Despite Macroeconomic Woes (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - September 21 at 11:42 AM
	Del Taco Restaurants : Refreshes Procurement Approach With Intesource, a PROACTIS Company (NASDAQ:TACO) www.4-traders.com - September 14 at 11:55 AM
	Del Taco Refreshes Procurement Approach With Intesource, a PROACTIS Company (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - September 14 at 11:55 AM
	Is PLAY Time Over for Investors of Dave & Buster's? (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - September 7 at 11:19 AM
	Starbucks' (SBUX) Pumpkin Spice Latte Back in Stores (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - September 7 at 11:19 AM
	Ruth's Hospitality (RUTH) in Focus: Stock Up 5.2% in Session (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - September 6 at 10:34 AM
	America's Car-Mart, Blooming Brands, Del Taco and Denny's highlighted as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - September 2 at 11:56 AM
	Bob Evans Farms (BOBE) Surges: Stock Moves 5.0% Higher (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - September 1 at 10:47 AM
	BRIEF-Del Taco Restaurants to expand in New Mexico (NASDAQ:TACO) www.reuters.com - August 24 at 7:25 PM
	Del Taco Restaurants : Expands in New Mexico (NASDAQ:TACO) www.4-traders.com - August 24 at 7:25 PM
	Del Taco Expands in New Mexico (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - August 24 at 7:25 PM
	Del Taco Increases repurchase program for common stock and warrants to $50M from $25M (NASDAQ:TACO) mynewsla.com - August 24 at 10:45 AM
	BRIEF-Del Taco Restaurants ups repurchase program for common stock, warrants (NASDAQ:TACO) www.reuters.com - August 24 at 10:45 AM
	Lake Forest Del Taco Headquarters Increases Stock Repurchase Program (NASDAQ:TACO) patch.com - August 24 at 10:45 AM
	Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. Increases Repurchase Program for Common Stock and Warrants to $50 Million from $25 Million (NASDAQ:TACO) www.restaurantnews.com - August 24 at 10:45 AM
	Marcato Capital Seeks Multiple Changes at Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - August 19 at 10:38 AM
	Pizza Hut Reveals Huge Expansion in Eastern, Southern Europe (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - August 18 at 7:55 PM
	Wendy's (WEN) Tops Q2 Earnings; Stock Declines as Comps Fall (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - August 11 at 11:03 AM
	Del Taco Announces Results of Warrant Exchange Offer (NASDAQ:TACO) www.businesswire.com - August 9 at 11:02 AM
	Burger King launches Whopperrito in U.S. outlets (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - August 8 at 7:57 PM
	DineEquity (DIN) Q2 Earnings Meet, Sales Miss, Stock Down (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - August 4 at 10:53 AM
	Del Taco Restaurants : Announces Increase in Number of Warrants Subject to Warrant Tender Offer and Extension of Expiration Date (NASDAQ:TACO) www.4-traders.com - July 25 at 10:58 AM
	Del Taco Announces Increase in Number of Warrants Subject to Warrant Tender Offer and Extension of Expiration Date (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - July 25 at 7:00 AM
	Del Taco Restaurants : tops Street 2Q forecasts (NASDAQ:TACO) www.4-traders.com - July 22 at 7:33 PM
	Edited Transcript of TACO earnings conference call or presentation 20-Jul-16 9:00pm GMT (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - July 20 at 11:57 PM
	Del Taco tops Street 2Q forecasts (NASDAQ:TACO) sg.finance.yahoo.com - July 20 at 4:55 PM
	Q2 2016 Del Taco Restaurants Inc Earnings Release - After Market Close (NASDAQ:TACO) biz.yahoo.com - July 20 at 7:07 AM
	Del Taco Restaurants Is Buying Back Warrants, I Sell Them (NASDAQ:TACO) seekingalpha.com - July 13 at 8:04 PM
	Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : TACO-US : July 12, 2016 (NASDAQ:TACO) www.capitalcube.com - July 12 at 8:47 AM
	Del Taco Commences Offer to Exchange Common Stock for up to 6,750,000 Outstanding Warrants (NASDAQ:TACO) www.businesswire.com - July 11 at 7:36 PM
	DEL TACO RESTAURANTS, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and E (NASDAQ:TACO) biz.yahoo.com - July 11 at 2:38 PM
	Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. Clarifies July 7, 2016 Form 4 Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - July 8 at 6:00 AM
	Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. to Announce Fiscal Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results Wednesday, July 20, 2016 (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - July 6 at 8:30 AM
	Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. Added to Russell 3000® Index (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - June 27 at 7:00 AM
	Del Taco Unveils a Taco Worthy of Its Name (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - June 22 at 4:00 PM
	Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. – Value Analysis (NASDAQ:TACO) : June 13, 2016 (NASDAQ:TACO) www.capitalcube.com - June 13 at 2:53 PM
	Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : TACO-US : June 10, 2016 (NASDAQ:TACO) www.capitalcube.com - June 10 at 8:15 AM
	Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. to Participate in Two Upcoming Investor Conferences in June (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - June 7 at 8:30 AM
	DEL TACO RESTAURANTS, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (NASDAQ:TACO) biz.yahoo.com - May 31 at 4:14 PM
	Del Taco's Menu Gets Even More Epic With the New Bacon Ranch Chicken Avocado Epic Burrito (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - May 25 at 4:00 PM
	Levy Acquisition Corp. (TACO) Updated Broker Price Targets - Share Trading News (NASDAQ:TACO) www.sharetrading.news - May 7 at 2:44 PM
	This Weeks Broker Price Targets For Levy Acquisition Corp. (TACO) - Share Trading News (NASDAQ:TACO) www.sharetrading.news - May 3 at 2:54 PM
	Del Taco reports 15 consecutive quarters of growth (NASDAQ:TACO) www.qsrweb.com - May 3 at 2:54 PM
	Edited Transcript of TACO earnings conference call or presentation 2-May-16 9:00pm GMT (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - May 3 at 4:39 AM
	Del Taco misses 1Q profit forecasts (NASDAQ:TACO) sg.finance.yahoo.com - May 2 at 5:09 PM
	Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. Announces Fiscal First Quarter 2016 Financial Results (NASDAQ:TACO) finance.yahoo.com - May 2 at 4:05 PM
	Q1 2016 Del Taco Restaurants Inc Earnings Release - After Market Close (NASDAQ:TACO) biz.yahoo.com - May 2 at 7:07 AM