Good Times Restaurants Inc. (GTIM) Stock

Good Times Restaurants Inc. (GTIM) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $1.43 (as of 2026-07-15), with a market capitalization of $15.10M and a trailing P/E of 12.7. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Good Times Restaurants Inc., through subsidiaries, operates and franchises restaurant concepts in the United States, including Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard (a drive-through quick-service concept) and Bad Daddy's Burger Bar (a full-service upscale casual dining concept). It operates, franchises, and licenses these restaurants, with locations as of December 15, 2021 including 32 Good Times and 42 Bad Daddy's.

Understand Good Times Restaurants Inc.: how it makes money

Good Times Restaurants Inc. runs and franchises restaurant brands in the United States, selling restaurant food and beverages through its Good Times drive-through concept and its Bad Daddy's Burger Bar full-service concept, while also generating money from franchised and licensed restaurant activity.

The profit model is structurally driven by how many Bad Daddy's and Good Times units the company operates versus licenses or franchises, since franchise and other licensing revenues scale with the franchised footprint.

Business quality (Weak): From the provided facts, the clearest operating driver is franchise revenue tied to the brand’s franchised and licensed unit base, but this dataset does not include unit counts, same-store sales, or company-operated restaurant operating metrics to validate performance trends.

Valuation: At 8× earnings, GTIM trades 71% below the Restaurants, Hotels & Motels average (27×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

Franchise-driven scale: As of December 15, 2021, the company had 42 Bad Daddy's Burger Bar restaurants that were operated, franchised, or licensed, and 32 Good Times Burgers and Frozen Custard restaurants that were operated, franchised, or licensed.
Brand portfolio across restaurant formats: Good Times Burgers and Frozen Custard is an upscale quick-service drive-through concept, and Bad Daddy's Burger Bar is a full-service upscale casual dining concept.

Bear case

Franchise revenue sensitivity: If franchise and other licensing activity weakens, the business has less ability to offset it using only company-operated restaurant performance, based on the emphasis on franchise-related operating metrics in the provided data.
Limited operating detail in the provided facts: The provided dataset does not include operating metrics for company-operated restaurants, so it is harder to assess whether changes in costs, store productivity, or demand are driving results versus franchise mix.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$1.43
Market Cap	$15.10M
P/E Ratio	12.7
EV / EBITDA	1.5
Price / Book	0.44
Price / Sales	0.11
FCF Yield	19.8%
DCF Value (model)	$0.09
DCF Upside vs Price	-93.7%

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$141.63M
Net Margin	0.7%
Revenue Growth (YoY)	-0.5%
EPS Growth (YoY)	-33.3%
FCF Growth (YoY)	-173.1%

Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score	1.48 (distress)

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E	12.7
Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary)	21.6
Industry P/E (Restaurants, Hotels & Motels)	26.1
vs Sector	-41.3%
vs Industry	-51.4%

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional Holder	VANGUARD GROUP INC ($516829.00)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10

Company
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Industry	Restaurants, Hotels & Motels
CEO	Ryan Zink
Employees	2,110
Country	US
IPO Date	1992-07-09

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Data as of 2026-07-15.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.