---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-133126"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DIN"
cik: "0000049754"
company_name: "Dine Brands Global, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T01:52:05.796756+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dine Brands Q1 same-store sales +6.1% (Applebee's) and +8.7% (IHOP); EPS $1.74

## Summary
- Net income $27.4M vs $24.9M; GAAP diluted EPS $1.74; adjusted EPS $1.97 vs $1.54.
- Applebee's domestic comp +6.1%, off-premise 23.1% of mix; IHOP domestic comp +8.7%, off-premise 21.7%.
- Total revenues $214M (down $16M due to refranchising); ex-refranchising revenues up 11%.
- Refinanced $500M of A-2 long-term debt at 7.824% post-quarter, reducing debt balance by $200M.
- Re-affirmed full-year 2023 financial guidance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-133126
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DIN
- cik: 0000049754
- company_name: Dine Brands Global, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312523133126/0001193125-23-133126-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312523133126/d36740d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Dine Brands Global, Inc. reported first quarter of fiscal 2023 results: revenue $214 million, net income $27.4 million, EPS $1.74 per diluted share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter of fiscal 2023
  - Revenue: $214 million
  - Net income: $27.4 million
  - EPS: $1.74 per diluted share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Total revenues for the first quarter of 2023 were $214 million compared to $230 million for the first quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312523133126/0001193125-23-133126-index.htm

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