NATH
Nathan's Famous, Inc.Consumer Discretionary · ·
$98.30
▼ $0.70 (-0.7%)
Market Cap
$402.80M
Day Range
$98.07 - $99.49
52-Week Range
$88.67 - $113.86
Beta
—
Next Earnings
04.11.2026
NATH is a stock from the Consumer Cyclical sector — Retail, automotive, and leisure — demand rises and falls with economic sentiment and consumers' disposable income.
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Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
🔍 Cross-Check
Overall Score
🔴 Bearish
Technical Trend
🔴 Bearish
✅ Why is the score relatively high?
- 🟢 ATR: 1.1% of price
- 🟢 Debt/equity: -3.38
- 🟢 Current ratio: 2.49
- 🟢 MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
- 🟢 Debt/equity: -3.38
⚠️ What's concerning?
- 🔴 Estimated fair value: $70.58 vs. price $98.30 (-28.2%)
- 🔴 SMA 50 recently crossed below SMA 200
- 🔴 Operating margin is eroding over time
- 🔴 Return on equity (ROE): -140.8% (negative)
- 🔴 Earnings per share (EPS) growth: -17.4%
🚦 Quality & Risk Checks
📈 Technical Analysis
Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🔴 Most indicators support a downtrend (3 bullish · 8 bearish · 1 neutral)
Conclusions
- 🔴Price vs. SMA 50 — Price is below the 50-day average
- 🔴Price vs. SMA 200 — Price is below the 200-day average
- 🔴Death Cross — SMA 50 recently crossed below SMA 200
- 🟢MACD — MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
- 🔴RSI — RSI 43.8 — weak/negative bias
- 🟡Stochastic — %K 43.4 — neutral range
- 🔴ADX (trend strength) — ADX 27.3 — strong trend
- 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500 — -7.6% over the last 3 months relative to the index
- 🔴Volatility (ATR) — Short-term volatility is significantly above average — elevated risk
- 🟢ROC (rate of change) — ROC 12 days: 0.4%
- 🟢Parabolic SAR — Price is above the SAR point — uptrend
- 🔴CMF (money flow) — CMF 20 days: -0.43
Wyckoff Method Analysis
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
Medium confidence
Evidence Behind This Read
- 🔴Falling price trend — A -2.7% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)
Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.
1️⃣ Market Structure
🟡 Range
The price is oscillating around the 200-day average with no clear direction — the method recommends great caution here (buying at the bottom of the range / selling at the top) or avoiding trading altogether.
2️⃣ Value Zone
🟢 Price in value zone
The price is close to the 50-day moving average — per the method, this is a reasonable area to look for an entry, rather than chasing the price far from it.
💰 Financial Health
Profitability
Gross Margin
34.3%
Operating Margin
18.6%
Net Margin
12.4%
EBITDA Margin
19.1%
Efficiency
ROE
-140.8%
ROA
37.3%
ROIC
—
EPS
$4.89
Balance Sheet
Cash
$24.40M
Total Debt
$48.14M
Current Ratio
2.49
Debt/Equity
-3.38
Conclusions
- 🟡Gross margin — Gross margin: 34.3% — reasonable
- 🟡Operating margin — Operating margin: 18.6% — reasonable
- 🟡Net margin — Net margin: 12.4% — reasonable
- 🔴Return on equity (ROE) — Return on equity (ROE): -140.8% (negative)
- 🟢Return on assets (ROA) — Return on assets (ROA): 37.3% — strong
- 🟢Current ratio (liquidity) — Current ratio: 2.49
- 🟢Debt-to-equity — Debt/equity: -3.38
🚀 Growth
Revenue
Earnings per Share (EPS)
Net Income
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
Conclusions
- 🟡Revenue growth (last year) — Revenue growth (last year): 9.4%
- 🔴Earnings per share (EPS) growth — Earnings per share (EPS) growth: -17.4%
- 🔴Free cash flow growth — Free cash flow growth: -28.6%
- 🔴Net income growth — Net income growth: -16.7%
💵 Dividends
Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.
Annual Dividend per Share
| Ex-Dividend Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 22.6.2026 | $0.500 |
| 17.2.2026 | $0.500 |
| 24.11.2025 | $3.000 |
| 25.8.2025 | $0.500 |
| 23.6.2025 | $0.500 |
| 18.2.2025 | $0.500 |
| 25.11.2024 | $0.500 |
| 26.8.2024 | $0.500 |
| 24.6.2024 | $0.500 |
| 16.2.2024 | $0.500 |
| 17.11.2023 | $0.500 |
| 18.8.2023 | $0.500 |
💎 Fair Value (Valuation)
Current Price
$98.30
Estimated Fair Value (DCF)
$70.58
Gap
-28.2%
🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value
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Year 1 Growth Rate
7.4%
Discount Rate (WACC)
9.0%
Terminal Growth Rate
2.5%
Projection Years
5
| Year | Growth Rate | Projected FCF | Present Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.4% | $19.19M | $17.60M |
| 2 | 6.2% | $20.38M | $17.15M |
| 3 | 5.0% | $21.39M | $16.52M |
| 4 | 3.7% | $22.19M | $15.72M |
| 5 | 2.5% | $22.74M | $14.78M |
Base FCF (last actual year)
$17.86M
Terminal Value
$358.59M
Present Value of Terminal Value
$233.06M
Enterprise Value
$314.83M
Net Debt
$23.74M
Equity Value
$291.09M
*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.
Book Value per Share
-$3.45
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
-$3.56
Conclusions
- 🔴DCF Fair Value — Estimated fair value: $70.58 vs. price $98.30 (-28.2%)
- 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV) — NAV per share: -$3.56
- 🟡P/E — P/E: 20.3
🕴️ Insider Trading
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 0 sales out of the last 6 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levine Andrew M | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 11.6.2026 | 10,000 | +10,000 | $68.50 |
| Levine Andrew M | Tax Withholding in Shares | 11.6.2026 | 3,256 | -6,744 | $101.58 |
| Levine Andrew M | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 11.6.2026 | 0 | -10,000 | — |
| LORBER HOWARD M | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 8.12.2025 | 724,626 | +10,000 | — |
| LORBER HOWARD M | Tax Withholding in Shares | 8.12.2025 | 719,521 | -5,105 | $89.87 |
| LORBER HOWARD M | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 8.12.2025 | 20,000 | -10,000 | — |
📉 Short Interest
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest
126,114 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 128,573 on 2026-06-30
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity
46.3% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 45.3% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
📰 News & Sentiment
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 0 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative out of the last 0 articles.
No recent articles found for this stock.