Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Aug 10, 2012
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. (RRGB, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2012-07-08.

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. has a market cap of $434.6 million; its shares were traded at around $31.26 with a P/E ratio of 17.6 and P/S ratio of 0.5. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 8.1% over the past 10 years.

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The Company sells gift cards which do not have an expiration date, and it does not deduct dormancy fees from outstanding gift card balances. The Company recognizes revenue from gift cards when: (i) the gift card is redeemed by the customer or (ii) the likelihood of the gift card being redeemed by the customer is remote, and the Company determines that there is not a legal obligation to remit the unredeemed gift card balance to the relevant jurisdiction (gift card breakage). The determination of the gift card breakage rate is based upon the Companys specific historical redemption patterns. The Company recognizes gift card breakage by applying its estimate of the rate of gift card breakage over the period of estimated performance (generally, 24 months). For the twelve and twenty-eight weeks ended July 8, 2012, the Company recognized gift card breakage of $362,000 and $586,000, respectively. For the twelve and twenty-eight weeks ended July 10, 2011, the Company recognized $304,000 and $1.1 million (inclusive of the initial cumulative program adjustment of $438,000 for third-party gift card sales). Gift card breakage is included in other revenue in the consolidated statements of operations.

Restaurant revenue during the twelve weeks ended July 8, 2012, which is comprised almost entirely of food and beverage sales, increased by $7.8 million compared to second quarter 2011. Sales in our comparable restaurant base increased approximately $1.6 million 0.8% during the second quarter 2012. This increase was primarily the result of a 0.9% increase in guest count, partially offset by a 0.1% decrease in average guest check. Net sales for non-comparable restaurants contributed an increase of $6.1 million over the prior year quarter, substantially all of which was attributed to revenue from restaurants opened since the end of the third quarter of 2011.

Franchise royalties and fees, which consist primarily of royalty income and initial franchise fees, increased 0.1% and 1.0% for the twelve and twenty-eight weeks ended July 8, 2012, respectively. The twelve and twenty-eight week increase is primarily attributable to the increased sales at franchise locations. Our franchisees reported that comparable restaurant sales increased 2.2% for U.S. restaurants and decreased 0.3% for Canadian restaurants for the second quarter of 2012 compared to the second quarter of 2011. For the twenty-eight weeks ended July 8, 2012, our franchisees reported that comparable restaurant sales for U.S. restaurants increased 2.2% and Canadian restaurants increased 3.9% from the twenty-eight week period ended July 10, 2011.

Other revenue consists primarily of gift card breakage. We recognized $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively, of gift card breakage for the twelve weeks ended July 8, 2012 and July 10, 2011. For the twenty-eight weeks ended July 8, 2012 and July 10, 2011, we recognized $0.6 million and $1.1 million, respectively, of gift card breakage. During the first quarter 2011, we recognized $0.4 million of third-party gift card revenue as an initial cumulative program adjustment for gift card sales sold in third party retail locations.

The effective income tax rate for the second quarter 2012 was 23.7% compared to 8.8% for the second quarter 2011. The effective income tax rate for the twenty-eight weeks ended July 8, 2012 and July 10, 2011 was 24.0% and 10.3%, respectively. The 2012 effective tax rate increase over prior year is primarily due to higher earnings as well as lower general business tax credits, primarily the FICA Tip Tax Credit, as a percent of current year income before tax. We anticipate that our full year fiscal 2012 effective tax rate will be approximately 24%.

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