---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-333848"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DIN"
cik: "0000049754"
company_name: "Dine Brands Global, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-05T11:15:06+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T11:20:16.487057+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dine Brands Q2 net income falls 68% to $4.2M; IHOP comps +1.5%, Applebee's -1.8%

## Summary
- Net income available to common stockholders $4.2M ($0.35 diluted EPS) vs $13.2M ($0.89) in Q2 2025.
- Adjusted EPS $1.16 vs $1.17; Adjusted EBITDA $54.2M vs $56.2M.
- Total revenues $240.9M, up 4.4% YoY, driven by company-owned restaurant acquisitions.
- Applebee's domestic same-restaurant sales -1.8%; IHOP +1.5% (third consecutive quarter of industry outperformance).
- G&A expenses rose to $55.6M from $50.8M due to employee costs and reorganization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-333848
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DIN
- cik: 0000049754
- company_name: Dine Brands Global, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T11:15:06+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312526333848/0001193125-26-333848-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49754/000119312526333848/d148591d8k.htm

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