secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN)
CIK:        0000049754
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-207550
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Dine Brands Q1 2026: Applebee's comp +1.9%, IHOP flat; adj. EPS $1.07, free cash flow negative
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- Total revenues $225.2M (+4.8% YoY); net income $7.2M ($0.57 diluted EPS) vs $7.8M ($0.53) in Q1 2025.
- Non-GAAP adj. net income $13.5M ($1.07 adj. diluted EPS) vs $15.4M ($1.03) in Q1 2025.
- Applebee's domestic same-restaurant sales +1.9% YoY; IHOP domestic same-restaurant sales flat.
- Consolidated adjusted EBITDA $50.8M vs $54.7M; operating cash flow $7.5M vs $16.1M; adjusted free cash flow -$3.0M vs +$14.6M.
- 24 new restaurant openings and 40 closures in Q1; company targeting ~80 dual-brand restaurants by year-end.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312526207550/0001193125-26-207550-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312526207550/d151134d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-207550

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