How to buy Fiesta Restaurant Group stock

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc is a restaurants business based in the US. Fiesta Restaurant Group shares (FRGI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Fiesta Restaurant Group employs 10,480 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$592.3 million.

How to buy shares in Fiesta Restaurant Group

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Fiesta Restaurant Group. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: FRGI. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Fiesta Restaurant Group reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Fiesta Restaurant Group, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Fiesta Restaurant Group. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Fiesta Restaurant Group share price

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Fiesta Restaurant Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

52-week range	USD$2.72 - USD$13.46
50-day moving average	USD$10.4076
200-day moving average	USD$8.0346
Wall St. target price	USD$11.5
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-1.749

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Is Fiesta Restaurant Group under- or over-valued?

Valuing Fiesta Restaurant Group stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Fiesta Restaurant Group's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Fiesta Restaurant Group's PEG ratio

Fiesta Restaurant Group's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.38. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Fiesta Restaurant Group's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Fiesta Restaurant Group's EBITDA

Fiesta Restaurant Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$27.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Fiesta Restaurant Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Fiesta Restaurant Group financials

Revenue TTM	USD$592.3 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$134.6 million
Return on assets TTM	-1.12%
Return on equity TTM	-33.38%
Profit margin	-9.94%
Book value	$5.563
Market capitalisation	USD$266.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Fiesta Restaurant Group shares

There are currently 2.0 million Fiesta Restaurant Group shares held short by investors – that's known as Fiesta Restaurant Group's "short interest". This figure is 7.3% down from 2.1 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Fiesta Restaurant Group shares can be evaluated.

Fiesta Restaurant Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Fiesta Restaurant Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Fiesta Restaurant Group shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Fiesta Restaurant Group shares traded daily (recently around 287712.33671988). Fiesta Restaurant Group's SIR currently stands at 6.89. In other words for every 100,000 Fiesta Restaurant Group shares traded daily on the market, roughly 6890 shares are currently held short.

However Fiesta Restaurant Group's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Fiesta Restaurant Group shares, or, against the total number of tradable Fiesta Restaurant Group shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Fiesta Restaurant Group's short interest could be expressed as 0.08% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Fiesta Restaurant Group shares in existence, roughly 80 shares are currently held short) or 0.1392% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Fiesta Restaurant Group shares, roughly 139 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Fiesta Restaurant Group.

Find out more about how you can short Fiesta Restaurant Group stock.

Fiesta Restaurant Group share dividends

We're not expecting Fiesta Restaurant Group to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Fiesta Restaurant Group share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Fiesta Restaurant Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.72 up to $13.46. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Fiesta Restaurant Group's is 1.8014. This would suggest that Fiesta Restaurant Group's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Fiesta Restaurant Group overview

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and franchises fast-casual restaurants. It operates its fast-casual restaurants under the Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana brands. The company's Pollo Tropical restaurants offer fire-grilled and citrus marinated chicken, and other freshly prepared tropical inspired menu items; and Taco Cabana restaurants that provide Mexican inspired food made fresh by hand. As of December 29, 2019, it operated 142 Pollo Tropical restaurants in Florida; 164 company owned Taco Cabana restaurants; and franchised 32 Pollo Tropical restaurants in Puerto Rico, Panama, Guyana, Bahamas, Ecuador, and Florida, as well as franchised Taco Cabana restaurants 6 in New Mexico and 2 in Texas. Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Fiesta Restaurant Group is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 3.487% of Fiesta Restaurant Group shares are held by insiders and 106.881% by institutions.

• How many people work for Fiesta Restaurant Group?

  Latest data suggests 10,480 work at Fiesta Restaurant Group.

• When does the fiscal year end for Fiesta Restaurant Group?

  Fiesta Restaurant Group's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Fiesta Restaurant Group based?

  Fiesta Restaurant Group's address is: 14800 Landmark Boulevard, Dallas, TX, United States, 75254

• What is Fiesta Restaurant Group's ISIN number?

  Fiesta Restaurant Group's international securities identification number is: US31660B1017

• What is Fiesta Restaurant Group's CUSIP number?

  Fiesta Restaurant Group's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 31660B101