Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) Key Metrics
DIN valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $405.3M
- Enterprise value
- $1.95B
- P/E (TTM)
- 52.5 10-yr median 13.4
- Forward P/E
- 6.2
- PEG ratio
- 1.29
- Price / sales
- 0.5 10-yr median 1.3
- Price / book
- 3.4
- EV / EBITDA
- 13.8 10-yr median 11.8
- Dividend yield
- 2.37% $0.76 a year
- Beta
- 0.99
DIN key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsDIN valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
DIN returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
DIN per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
DIN financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
DIN efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
DIN valuation history
DIN returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
DIN debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
DIN cash returned to shareholders
DIN price vs earnings per share
DIN key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $459.6M | $449.4M | $756.8M | $1.03B | $1.28B | $941.3M | $1.44B | $1.20B | $900.0M | $1.40B |
| Enterprise value | $1.93B | $1.87B | $2.20B | $2.50B | $2.69B | $2.59B | $3.17B | $2.50B | $2.18B | $2.67B |
| P/E ratio | 26.9 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 12.7 | 13.1 | — | 13.8 | 14.9 | — | 13.8 |
| Price / sales | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Price / book | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.5 |
| Price / free cash flow | 8.6 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 19.0 | 7.2 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 17.2 | 12.4 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 5.2 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 13.7 | 11.8 |
| EV / sales | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
| EV / EBITDA | 26.4 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 12.0 | — | 13.1 | 12.2 | — | 10.7 |
| EV / free cash flow | 36.2 | 19.8 | 23.4 | 46.3 | 15.1 | 30.3 | 23.4 | 19.8 | 41.7 | 23.7 |
| Earnings yield | 3.7% | 14.4% | 12.8% | 7.9% | 7.6% | −11.0% | 7.2% | 6.7% | −38.1% | 7.2% |
| Free cash flow yield | 11.6% | 20.9% | 12.4% | 5.3% | 14.0% | 9.1% | 9.4% | 10.5% | 5.8% | 8.1% |
| Dividend yield | 6.7% | 7.0% | 4.2% | 3.0% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 3.3% | 4.3% | 7.8% | 4.8% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 20.0% | 10.2% | 8.2% | 15.0% | 2.4% | 5.7% | 10.9% | 7.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $32.14 | $30.10 | $49.65 | $64.60 | $75.81 | $58.00 | $83.52 | $67.34 | $50.73 | $77.00 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $61.49 | $54.40 | $54.52 | $57.19 | $53.06 | $42.47 | $52.78 | $43.90 | $41.25 | $43.45 |
| Earnings per share | $1.20 | $4.35 | $6.38 | $5.10 | $5.79 | −$6.41 | $6.05 | $4.52 | −$19.32 | $5.57 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $6.22 | $7.24 | $8.60 | $5.62 | $11.59 | $5.95 | $9.00 | $7.89 | $3.71 | $6.52 |
| Free cash flow per share | $3.73 | $6.30 | $6.17 | $3.40 | $10.60 | $5.27 | $7.87 | $7.09 | $2.95 | $6.21 |
| Cash per share | $8.97 | $12.50 | $9.58 | $16.96 | $21.40 | $23.62 | $6.73 | $7.71 | $6.60 | $7.75 |
| Book value per share | −$19.15 | −$14.47 | −$16.47 | −$18.93 | −$14.38 | −$21.85 | −$14.02 | −$11.37 | −$12.15 | $13.95 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$73.95 | −$69.68 | −$71.58 | −$72.45 | −$61.21 | −$71.22 | −$67.30 | −$63.72 | −$64.14 | −$66.65 |
| Dividends per share | $2.17 | $2.10 | $2.08 | $1.93 | $1.50 | $1.47 | $2.72 | $2.87 | $3.93 | $3.72 |
| Capex per share | $2.49 | $0.94 | $2.44 | $2.22 | $1.00 | $0.67 | $1.13 | $0.80 | $0.75 | $0.31 |
| Debt per share | $111.88 | $107.37 | $104.04 | $109.58 | $105.08 | $125.26 | $107.21 | $80.91 | $78.81 | $77.79 |
| Shares outstanding | 14.3M | 14.9M | 15.2M | 15.9M | 16.9M | 16.2M | 17.2M | 17.8M | 17.7M | 18.1M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −4.2% | −2.0% | −4.1% | −5.9% | +4.1% | −5.9% | −3.1% | +0.3% | −2.1% | −3.4% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38.8% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 8.1% | 10.8% | 13.8% | 10.6% | 12.5% | 5.3% | 12.1% | 11.8% | 10.0% | 9.4% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 1.0% | 3.7% | 5.4% | 4.2% | 4.8% | −5.0% | 5.5% | 4.6% | −17.1% | 4.4% |
| Return on tangible assets | 1.8% | 6.7% | 10.8% | 7.9% | 8.1% | −8.2% | 9.2% | 9.5% | −42.1% | 12.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 6.1% | 11.6% | 11.3% | 5.9% | 20.0% | 12.4% | 14.9% | 16.1% | 7.2% | 14.3% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 5.20 | 1.67 | 1.35 | 1.10 | 2.00 | — | 1.49 | 1.75 | — | 1.17 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $1.60B | $1.60B | $1.59B | $1.74B | $1.77B | $2.03B | $1.85B | $1.44B | $1.40B | $1.41B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $128.2M | $186.7M | $146.0M | $269.7M | $361.4M | $383.4M | $116.0M | $137.2M | $117.0M | $140.5M |
| Net debt | $1.47B | $1.42B | $1.44B | $1.47B | $1.41B | $1.65B | $1.73B | $1.30B | $1.28B | $1.27B |
| Debt / equity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.58 |
| Debt / assets | 0.92 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.98 | 0.90 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.62 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 20.13 | 7.93 | 6.62 | 6.89 | 6.28 | — | 7.18 | 6.37 | — | 5.08 |
| Current ratio | 0.96 | 0.87 | 0.78 | 1.02 | 1.40 | 1.68 | 0.97 | 1.21 | 1.26 | 1.28 |
| Quick ratio | 0.96 | 0.87 | 0.78 | 0.87 | 1.19 | 1.47 | 0.72 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 1.00 |
| Interest coverage | 28.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| Working capital | −$13.8M | −$59.3M | −$102.7M | $9.0M | $163.6M | $237.9M | −$11.0M | $66.0M | $80.7M | $79.8M |
| Invested capital | $1.20B | $1.20B | $1.19B | $1.17B | $1.17B | $1.29B | $1.49B | $1.10B | $1.07B | $1.52B |
| Tangible asset value | −$1.06B | −$1.04B | −$1.09B | −$1.15B | −$1.03B | −$1.16B | −$1.16B | −$1.13B | −$1.14B | −$1.21B |
| Net current asset value | −$1.66B | −$1.62B | −$1.63B | −$1.70B | −$1.67B | −$1.84B | −$1.94B | −$1.59B | −$1.57B | −$1.66B |
| Graham number | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $41.82 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$125.47 | −$116.10 | −$114.77 | −$112.37 | −$103.47 | −$118.13 | −$117.57 | −$94.70 | −$94.20 | −$95.96 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $31.0M | $31.3M | $31.7M | $30.8M | $25.3M | $23.9M | $46.9M | $51.1M | $69.8M | $67.4M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $60.7M | $14.7M | $30.5M | $123.3M | $6.0M | $29.9M | $109.7M | $33.6M | $10.0M | $55.3M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 181.3% | 48.2% | 32.6% | 37.9% | 25.9% | — | 44.9% | 63.6% | — | 66.8% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 171.7% | 48.9% | 66.2% | 285.2% | 17.5% | 62.9% | 115.3% | 67.2% | 152.4% | 109.2% |
| Capex / revenue | 4.0% | 1.7% | 4.5% | 3.9% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 0.7% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 40.0% | 13.0% | 28.3% | 39.5% | 8.6% | 11.3% | 12.5% | 10.2% | 20.3% | 4.8% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.83 | 0.36 | 1.04 | 0.93 | 0.42 | 0.26 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.18 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 1.5% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| SG&A / revenue | 23.2% | 24.2% | 24.2% | 21.0% | 19.2% | 21.0% | 17.9% | 21.3% | 22.6% | 18.9% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 48.6 | 54.6 | 54.4 | 48.2 | 49.3 | 68.5 | 55.0 | 64.9 | 70.2 | 65.0 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | — | 54.4 | 56.5 | 68.5 | 67.2 | 93.8 | 90.9 | 74.4 |
| Days payables outstanding | 58.4 | 46.8 | 37.1 | 37.1 | 32.7 | 32.5 | 29.2 | 42.0 | 49.0 | 47.7 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | -9.8 | 7.9 | 17.4 | 65.5 | 73.1 | 104.5 | 93.0 | 116.7 | 112.1 | 91.6 |
| Receivables turnover | 7.51 | 6.68 | 6.70 | 7.58 | 7.41 | 5.33 | 6.63 | 5.62 | 5.20 | 5.61 |
| Payables turnover | 6.25 | 7.80 | 9.84 | 9.85 | 11.16 | 11.25 | 12.50 | 8.69 | 7.45 | 7.65 |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | — | 6.71 | 6.46 | 5.33 | 5.43 | 3.89 | 4.02 | 4.91 |
| Asset turnover | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.44 | 0.33 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.36 | 0.34 |
| Average receivables | $117.1M | $121.6M | $124.0M | $120.0M | $120.9M | $129.4M | $137.2M | $138.8M | $140.8M | $140.3M |
| Average payables | $84.5M | $56.0M | $44.1M | $54.0M | $46.7M | $39.2M | $42.2M | $49.2M | $52.8M | $52.8M |
| Average inventory | — | — | — | $79.2M | $80.7M | $82.6M | $97.1M | $110.0M | $97.8M | $82.2M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 45.1% | 46.0% | 48.3% | 45.2% | 39.6% | 38.6% | 44.8% | 52.5% | 53.1% | 64.1% |
Computed from DIN's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 25, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
DIN valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Dine Brands Global traded at 26.9 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 13.4. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 52.5 and the forward P/E is 6.2. Dine Brands Global earned a return on invested capital of 8.1% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $1.6 billion of debt and $128.2 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $1.5 billion. It returned $91.7 million to shareholders: $31.0 million in dividends and $60.7 million in share buybacks, 172% of free cash flow. The share count fell 21.1% from 18.1M to 14.3M over 9 years.
See the DIN income statement, the DIN chart for price history, or the DIN stock overview for the latest quote and news.
DIN key metrics FAQ
What is Dine Brands Global's P/E ratio?
Dine Brands Global's trailing P/E ratio is 52.5 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 6.2. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 26.9, compared with a 10-year median of 13.4.
What is Dine Brands Global's EV/EBITDA?
Dine Brands Global's enterprise value was 26.4 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $1.9 billion, EBITDA $73.1 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 13.8.
What is Dine Brands Global's ROIC?
Dine Brands Global's return on invested capital was 8.1% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Dine Brands Global have?
Dine Brands Global had total debt of $1.6 billion at the end of fiscal 2025 and $1.5 billion of net debt (20.13 times EBITDA).
What is Dine Brands Global's dividend yield?
Dine Brands Global's forward dividend yield is 2.37%. Dine Brands Global paid $31.0 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($2.17 per share), a payout ratio of 181.3%.
Does Dine Brands Global buy back its shares?
Yes. Dine Brands Global spent $60.7 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −4.2% over the year, to 14.3M..
What is Dine Brands Global's free cash flow yield?
Dine Brands Global generated $53.4 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 11.6% on its market value at year-end ($459.6 million).
What is Dine Brands Global's current ratio?
Dine Brands Global's current ratio was 0.96 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 0.96 times current liabilities.