---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171759-23-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RRGB"
cik: "0001171759"
company_name: "RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T07:26:05.813501+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Red Robin Q2 net income $3.9M vs -$18M YoY; raises FY23 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $72.5-82.5M

## Summary
- Revenue $298.6M, comparable restaurant revenue +1.5% (10th consecutive quarter of growth).
- Net income $3.9M ($0.24 diluted EPS) vs net loss $18.0M ($-1.13) in prior year; adjusted EPS loss $0.24.
- Adjusted EBITDA $15.5M (up $3.7M YoY); raised FY23 guidance to $72.5-82.5M from prior $70-80M.
- Completed sale-leaseback of 9 properties for $28.5M net proceeds; repaid $15.5M debt, repurchased $5M stock.
- Appointed Nicole Miller Regan as independent director, increasing board to nine.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171759-23-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RRGB
- cik: 0001171759
- company_name: RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000117175923000043/0001171759-23-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000117175923000043/rrgb-20230814.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171759-23-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nicole Miller Regan was appointed as Director at RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 14, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company increased the size of the Board from eight to nine members and appointed Nicole Miller Regan to fill the resulting vacancy, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171759/000117175923000043/0001171759-23-000043-index.htm

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