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 February 18, 2026, there were 76 registered owners of our common stock. The number of registered holders does not include holders who are beneficial owners whose shares are held in street name by brokers and other nominees.
Dividends
We did not declare or pay any cash dividends on our common stock during fiscal years 2025, 2024 or 2023. We currently anticipate we will retain future cash flow to service and pay down debt, maintain and improve 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 the 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 Sales and Purchases of Equity Securities
During the fiscal year ended December 28, 2025, the Company did not have any sales of securities in transactions that were not registered under the Securities Act that has not been reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K. No share repurchases were made by the Company during fiscal 2025 and approximately $58.5 million remained available for future purchases as of December 28, 2025. Our ability to repurchase shares is limited to certain conditions set forth by our lenders in the credit facility.
On November 10, 2025, the Company entered into a distribution agreement (the "Distribution Agreement") with Evercore Group L.L.C. ("Evercore") to establish an "at-the-market equity offering" program ("ATM Program"), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, through Evercore, shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, having an aggregate offering price of up to $40.0 million. As of December 28, 2025, the Company had not issued or sold any shares under the ATM Program, which the Company voluntarily terminated on February 23, 2026.
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 2020, 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, 2020, the last trading day in the Company's 2020 fiscal year, in the Company's Common Stock and in each of the indices. The performance shown in the graph is not necessarily indicative of future price performance.
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)
Fiscal Years Ended
December 27, 2020 December 26, 2021 December 25, 2022 December 31, 2023 December 29, 2024 December 28, 2025
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB) $ 100.00 $ 85.37 $ 28.36 $ 62.04 $ 26.82 $ 21.44
The Russell 3000 Index $ 100.00 $ 125.88 $ 102.52 $ 129.04 $ 162.07 $ 189.60
S&P 600 Restaurants (2)
$ 100.00 $ 96.97 $ 77.01 $ 91.23 $ 109.29 $ 95.59
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(1) Represents performance of $100 invested on December 24, 2020 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends based on fiscal year ends for purposes of comparability.
(2) The S&P 600 Restaurants includes companies such as Bloomin’ Brands, Inc., Brinker International, Inc., Dine Brands Global, Inc., BJ’s Restaurants, Inc., Texas Roadhouse, Inc., Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., and The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated.
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