Burger restaurant chain Red Robin (NASDAQ: RRGB) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what to look for.

Red Robin beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $265.1 million, down 3.5% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.

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This quarter, the market is expecting Red Robin’s revenue to decline 7.4% year on year, in line with the 7.7% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Red Robin rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.

Looking at Red Robin’s peers in the sit-down dining segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Brinker International delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 6.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.9%, and Texas Roadhouse reported revenues up 3.1%, falling short of estimates by 0.8%. Brinker International traded up 2.1% following the results while Texas Roadhouse was down 2%.

Read our full analysis of Brinker International’s results here and Texas Roadhouse’s results here.

Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the sit-down dining stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.2% on average over the last month. Red Robin is down 4.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $11.25 (compared to the current share price of $3.75).

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