# Krispy Kreme Inc. (DNUT) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Consumer Defensive / Food & Staples Retailing. Price $3.38, market value $586 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Krispy Kreme Inc. reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **Price / sales: 0.4×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.4×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **EV / EBITDA: 15.6×**. Enterprise value is 15.6× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 6.4%** (5-yr avg -2.8%). Free cash flow equals 6.4% of the market value, above its five-year average of -2.8%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: -2.0%**. Operating margin is negative: the business loses money before interest and tax.
- **Net margin: -33.9%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -79.3%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: -1.4%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is -1.4%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: -3.5%**. Each dollar of assets produces -3.5% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -8.6%** (3-yr -0.2%/yr, 5-yr 6.3%/yr). Revenue fell 8.6% over the last year, against 6.3% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 1.50**. Debt is 1.50 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 9.6×**. It would take 9.6 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Altman Z-score: 0.52**. A Z-score of 0.52 is in the distress zone, a signal to examine the balance sheet closely.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 3.47%** ($0.14 per share, trailing). Krispy Kreme Inc. yields 3.47%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: hold** (6 analysts). 6 analysts cover Krispy Kreme Inc.; the consensus is hold, with an average price target of $4.25 (+26% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -0.6%** (YTD -15.9%, 3-mo -3.7%). The shares are down 0.6% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -33.9%** (17.4% above the low). Trading 34% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 50**. An RSI of 50 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.64** (volatility 65%). Beta of 0.64 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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