Best Restaurant Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top restaurant stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best restaurant stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Restaurants
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Restaurants is Zen Rated D and is the 107th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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Ticker
Company
Exchange
Industry
Zen Rating
Market Cap
Price
1d %
EBITDA
P/E
D/E
Country
DD Score
NATH
NATHANS FAMOUS INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$426.66M$104.330.92%$38.11M17.96x-3.57
United States
EAT
BRINKER INTERNATIONAL INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$6.74B$151.612.00%$636.80M20.24x8.93
United States
BJRI
BJS RESTAURANTS INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$991.45M$44.830.02%$125.65M45.74x1.75
United States
HDL
SUPER HI INTERNATIONAL HOLDING LTD
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$1.49B$22.900.00%$123.16M57.25x-0.11
Singapore
CHA
CHAGEE HOLDINGS LTD
NASDAQ
Restaurants
N/A$29.54-1.57%$3.10B2.07x1.10
China
DRI
DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$24.77B$211.651.27%$1.87B23.73x4.70
United States
CHSN
CHANSON INTERNATIONAL HOLDING
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$14.50M$0.5314.94%$4.34M10.62x1.27
China
PBPB
POTBELLY CORP
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$308.66M$10.23-0.10%$47.34M7.15x3.52
United States
YUM
YUM BRANDS INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$41.16B$148.070.69%$2.62B29.15x-1.85
United States
CAKE
CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$2.78B$56.061.87%$281.45M17.09x8.17
United States
PZZA
PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$1.32B$40.340.72%$216.47M16.95x-3.04
United States
BROS
DUTCH BROS INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$12.13B$73.722.92%$197.68M194.00x3.29
United States
STKS
ONE GROUP HOSPITALITY INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$131.65M$4.26-3.40%$57.46M-3.38x18.61
United States
YUMC
YUM CHINA HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$16.50B$44.21-0.76%$2.15B18.42x0.79
United States
RICK
RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$378.41M$43.01-0.85%$42.41M51.20x1.20
United States
LOCO
EL POLLO LOCO HOLDINGS INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$286.10M$9.520.42%$56.23M11.20x1.22
United States
DENN
DENNY's CORP
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$209.62M$4.09-6.08%$57.01M12.39x-14.40
United States
DPZ
DOMINOS PIZZA INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$16.95B$495.051.88%$1.05B28.16x-1.48
United States
DIN
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$390.96M$25.021.30%$189.86M6.93x-9.19
United States
MCD
MCDONALDS CORP
NYSE
Restaurants
$227.82B$318.611.31%$13.88B27.97x-17.31
United States
SHAK
SHAKE SHACK INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$5.09B$119.191.79%$203.57M384.48x2.60
United States
ARCO
ARCOS DORADOS HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$1.59B$7.572.30%$465.58M11.83x5.73
Uruguay
WING
WINGSTOP INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$8.96B$321.084.08%$279.85M53.60x-1.98
United States
TXRH
TEXAS ROADHOUSE INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$12.80B$192.921.85%$694.28M29.59x1.30
United States
BH
BIGLARI HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$550.08M$241.741.15%-$31.63M-1.10x0.54
United States
BLMN
BLOOMIN' BRANDS INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$749.39M$8.81-2.65%$185.28M-440.50x7.67
United States
REBN
REBORN COFFEE INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$12.65M$2.77-3.82%-$4.26M-1.67x1.99
United States
CBRL
CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$1.27B$57.18-0.12%$215.64M35.30x3.66
United States
PTLO
PORTILLO's INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$998.78M$13.354.46%$89.79M29.67x2.47
United States
CMG
CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$70.49B$52.320.54%$2.39B45.89x1.59
United States
CAVA
CAVA GROUP INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$11.20B$96.81-2.27%$113.39M78.07x0.69
United States
JACK
JACK IN THE BOX INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$448.39M$23.75-1.29%-$82.41M-2.18x-3.64
United States
QSR
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$23.14B$70.621.35%$2.17B23.78x6.44
Canada
SBUX
STARBUCKS CORP
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$97.24B$85.57-1.94%$6.33B30.89x-5.15
United States
WEN
WENDY's CO
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$2.35B$12.262.51%$554.29M12.91x36.77
United States
YOSH
YOSHIHARU GLOBAL CO
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$24.78M$14.06-0.71%-$1.54M-6.17x3.58
United States
CNNE
CANNAE HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$1.16B$18.401.77%-$320.90M-3.48x0.23
United States
TWNP
TWIN HOSPITALITY GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$277.43M$5.53-8.29%N/AN/A-6.34
United States
GENK
GEN RESTAURANT GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$132.84M$4.050.75%$14.60M-135.00x14.24
United States
FWRG
FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$1.05B$17.251.17%$120.36M95.83x1.59
United States
SG
SWEETGREEN INC
NYSE
Restaurants
$1.77B$15.03-1.31%$10.82M-19.52x0.93
United States
RRGB
RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$57.29M$3.282.82%$5.38M-0.67x-8.61
United States
KRUS
KURA SUSHI USA INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$817.46M$67.640.82%$5.04M-74.33x0.82
United States
ARKR
ARK RESTAURANTS CORP
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$43.02M$11.935.58%-$1.44M-4.34x2.74
United States
RAVE
RAVE RESTAURANT GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$38.80M$2.73-0.73%$4.07M14.37x0.18
United States
THCH
TH INTERNATIONAL LTD
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$87.25M$2.690.94%-$30.05M-1.53x-2.85
United States
NDLS
NOODLES & CO
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$40.89M$0.893.25%-$1.28M-1.02x-23.97
United States
MB
MASTERBEEF GROUP
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$66.47M$3.91-2.01%$15.95M11.92x9.80
Hong Kong
GTIM
GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$16.94M$1.60-3.61%$4.70M14.55x1.73
United States
BTBD
BT BRANDS INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$6.15M$1.00-4.76%-$1.02M-2.86x0.65
United States
FAT
FAT BRANDS INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$45.45M$2.55-5.20%-$37.88M-0.21x-3.59
United States
BDL
FLANIGANS ENTERPRISES INC
NYSEMKT
Restaurants
$43.46M$23.38-2.33%$11.61M13.21x1.16
United States
SDOT
SADOT GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Restaurants
$8.02M$1.290.78%$10.90M1.22x1.63
United States

Restaurant Stocks FAQ

What are the best restaurant stocks to buy right now in May 2025?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best restaurant stocks to buy right now are:

1. Nathans Famous (NASDAQ:NATH)


Nathans Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) is the #1 top restaurant stock out of 53 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Nathans Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: A.

Nathans Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 9 points higher than the restaurant industry average of 30.

NATH passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Nathans Famous has seen its stock return 51.89% over the past year, overperforming other restaurant stocks by 48 percentage points.

2. Brinker International (NYSE:EAT)


Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) is the #2 top restaurant stock out of 53 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 11 points higher than the restaurant industry average of 30.

EAT passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Brinker International has seen its stock return 141.61% over the past year, overperforming other restaurant stocks by 138 percentage points.

Brinker International has an average 1 year price target of $156.73, an upside of 3.38% from Brinker International's current stock price of $151.61.

Brinker International stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Brinker International, 18.18% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 81.82% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Bjs Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI)


Bjs Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) is the #3 top restaurant stock out of 53 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Bjs Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Bjs Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) has a Due Diligence Score of 19, which is -11 points lower than the restaurant industry average of 30.

BJRI passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Bjs Restaurants has seen its stock return 19.83% over the past year, overperforming other restaurant stocks by 16 percentage points.

Bjs Restaurants has an average 1 year price target of $39.00, a downside of -13% from Bjs Restaurants's current stock price of $44.83.

Bjs Restaurants stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Bjs Restaurants, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 33.33% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the restaurant stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 19 restaurant stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 restaurant stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Wendy's Co (NASDAQ:WEN)


Wendy's Co (NASDAQ:WEN) has an annual dividend yield of 8.16%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the restaurant industry average of 2.81%. Wendy's Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Wendy's Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Wendy's Co's dividend payout ratio of 105.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Jack In The Box (NASDAQ:JACK)


Jack In The Box (NASDAQ:JACK) has an annual dividend yield of 7.41%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the restaurant industry average of 2.81%. Jack In The Box's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Jack In The Box's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Jack In The Box's dividend payout ratio of -16.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN)


Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) has an annual dividend yield of 7.15%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the restaurant industry average of 2.81%. Bloomin' Brands's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Bloomin' Brands's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Bloomin' Brands's dividend payout ratio of -4,350% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are restaurant stocks up?

Restaurant stocks were up 1.27% in the last day, and up 6.24% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why restaurant stocks are up.

What are the most undervalued restaurant stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued restaurant stocks right now are:

1. Dine Brands Global (NYSE:DIN)


Dine Brands Global (NYSE:DIN) is the most undervalued restaurant stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Dine Brands Global has a valuation score of 57, which is 28 points higher than the restaurant industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dine Brands Global's stock has dropped -45.01% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the restaurant industry by -49 percentage points.

2. Denny's (NASDAQ:DENN)


Denny's (NASDAQ:DENN) is the second most undervalued restaurant stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Denny's has a valuation score of 86, which is 57 points higher than the restaurant industry average of 29. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Denny's's stock has dropped -49.75% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the restaurant industry by -53 percentage points.

3. Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN)


Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) is the third most undervalued restaurant stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Bloomin' Brands has a valuation score of 14, which is -15 points higher than the restaurant industry average of 29. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates BLMN a Valuation Rating of "A".

Bloomin' Brands's stock has dropped -63.47% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the restaurant industry by -67 percentage points.

Are restaurant stocks a good buy now?

60% of restaurant stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect restaurant stocks to rise by 6.54% over the next year.

4.65% of restaurant stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of restaurant stocks are rated B (Buy), 72.09% are rated C (Hold), 16.28% are rated D (Sell), and 6.98% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the restaurants industry?

The average P/E ratio of the restaurants industry is 36.7x.
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