Burger restaurant chain Red Robin (NASDAQ: RRGB) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday after the bell. Here’s what to look for.
Red Robin beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $269 million, down 5.7% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and full-year EBITDA guidance beating analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Red Robin’s revenue to decline 7.7% year on year, a deceleration from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Red Robin rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.
Looking at Red Robin’s peers in the sit-down dining segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Kura Sushi delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 23.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.5%, and Bloomin' Brands reported flat revenue, topping estimates by 1.6%. Kura Sushi traded down 17.8% following the results while Bloomin' Brands was up 38%.
Read our full analysis of Kura Sushi’s results here and Bloomin' Brands’s results here.
The market narrative shifted from AI-driven sector rotation in late 2025 to geopolitical shock as the US-Iran conflict dominated early 2026. While some of the sit-down dining stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 8% on average over the last month. Red Robin is down 6.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $10.13 (compared to the current share price of $3.81).
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