Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol RRGB. As of March 8, 2022, there were 92 registered owners of our common stock.
Dividends
We did not declare or pay any cash dividends on our common stock during 2021, 2020 or 2019. We currently anticipate we will retain any future cash flow to pay down debt, maintain existing restaurants and infrastructure, and execute on our long-term business strategy. Our credit facility has certain limitations on paying dividends or making repurchases of our shares, and we are subject to certain covenant ratios, including a leverage ratio under our credit agreement.
Any future determination relating to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on then existing conditions, including our financial condition, results of operations, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects, and other factors our board of directors may deem relevant.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
During the fiscal year ended December 26, 2021, the Company did not have any sales of securities in transactions that were not registered under the Securities Act that have not been reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K. No share repurchases were made by the Company during 2021. Our ability to repurchase shares is limited to certain conditions set forth by our lenders in the credit facility.
Performance Graph
The following graph compares the yearly percentage in cumulative total stockholders' return on Common Stock of the Company since the end of its fiscal year 2015, with the cumulative total return over the same period for (i) The Russell 3000 Index, and (ii) the S&P 600 Restaurants.
Pursuant to rules of the SEC, the comparison assumes $100 was invested on December 24, 2016, the last trading day in the Company's 2016 fiscal year, in the Company's Common Stock and in each of the indices.
This performance graph shall not be deemed to be "soliciting material" or to be "filed" under either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
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COMPARISON OF FIVE YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN (1)
Among Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., The Russell 3000 Index
and S&P 600 Restaurants Index
Fiscal Years Ended
December 25, 2016 December 31, 2017 December 30, 2018 December 29, 2019 December 27, 2020 December 26, 2021
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB) $ 100.00 $ 99.91 $ 47.33 $ 54.97 $ 35.61 $ 30.40
The Russell 3000 Index 100.00 119.86 112.59 149.16 178.27 224.41
S&P 600 Restaurants (2)
$ 100.00 $ 105.05 $ 115.04 $ 129.10 $ 167.49 $ 162.41
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(1) Represents performance of $100 invested on December 25, 2016 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends based on calendar years ending December 31 for purposes of comparability.
(2) The S&P 600 Restaurants includes companies such as Bloomin' Brands Inc., Brinker International, Inc., Chuy's Holdings Inc., Dine Brands Global, Inc., Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., and The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated.
ITEM 6. Reserved
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