Texas Roadhouse Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Feb 25, 2011
Texas Roadhouse Inc. (TXRH, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-12-28.

Texas Roadhouse Inc. has a market cap of $1.21 billion; its shares were traded at around $16.83 with a P/E ratio of 21.3 and P/S ratio of 1.3. Texas Roadhouse Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 5.7% over the past 5 years.Hedge Fund Gurus that owns TXRH: Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors, Paul Tudor Jones of The Tudor Group. Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns TXRH: Ron Baron of Baron Funds.

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The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of the last day of the second fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2010 was $731,957,647 based on the closing stock price of $12.59. Shares of voting stock held by each officer and director have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes. The registrant has no shares of non-voting common stock authorized or outstanding. The market value calculation was determined using the closing stock price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Offering performance-based manager compensation. We offer a performance-based compensation program to our individual restaurant managers and multi-restaurant supervisors, who are called "managing partners" and "market partners," respectively. Each of these partners earns a base salary plus a performance bonus, which represents a percentage of each of their respective restaurant's pre-tax net income. By providing our partners with a significant stake in the success of our restaurants, we believe that we are able to attract and retain talented, experienced and highly motivated managing and market partners. Focusing on dinner. In a high percentage of our restaurants, we limit our operating hours to dinner only during the weekdays. By focusing on dinner, our restaurant teams have to prepare for and manage only one shift per day during the week. We believe this allows our restaurant teams to offer higher quality, more consistent food and service to our guests. We believe the dinner focus provides a better "quality-of-life" for our management teams and, therefore, is a key ingredient in attracting and retaining talented and experienced management personnel. We also focus on keeping our table-to-server ratios low to allow our servers to truly focus on their guests and serve their needs in a personal, individualized manner. Offering attractive price points. We offer our food and beverages at moderate price points that are as low as or lower than those offered by many of our competitors. Within each menu category, we offer a choice of several price points with the goal of fulfilling each guest's budget and value expectations. For example, our steak entrées, which include the choice of two side items, generally range from $8.99 for our 6-ounce sirloin to $20.99 for our 18-ounce T-bone. The per guest average check for the restaurants we owned and operated in 2010 was approximately $14.63. Per guest average check represents restaurant sales divided by the number of guests served. We considered each sale of an entrée to be a single guest served. Our per guest average check is influenced by our weekday dinner only focus. Creating a fun and comfortable atmosphere. We believe the atmosphere we establish in our restaurants is a key component for fostering repeat business. Our restaurants feature a rustic southwestern lodge décor accentuated with hand-painted murals, neon signs, and southwestern prints, rugs and artifacts. Additionally, we offer jukeboxes, which continuously play upbeat country hits, and in-house entertainment such as line dancing and birthday celebrations. Unit Prototype and Economics

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