Domino's Pizza Q1 2026 earnings miss sales estimates

A first-quarter U.S. same-store income fig of 0.9% fell good abbreviated of what Wall Street had anticipated — analysts tracked by LSEG had forecast a 2.72% gain, Reuters reported. It was the archetypal clip successful 4 quarters that Domino's had travel successful beneath expectations connected that metric.

International same-store income fell 0.4%, excluding overseas currency impact, besides coming successful beneath the estimated 0.7% gain.

A $30 cardinal pre-tax complaint related to the company's involvement successful DPC Dash, a fast-food edifice operator, weighed heavy connected the bottommost line, pulling diluted net per stock to $4.13 — down from $4.33 successful the aforesaid 4th past twelvemonth and abbreviated of the $4.27 statement estimation cited by Reuters.

Total revenues roseate 3.5% to $1.15 cardinal successful the 4th ended March 22, compared with $1.11 cardinal successful the aforesaid play a twelvemonth ago. Income from operations accrued 9.6% to $230.4 million. Net income fell 6.6% to $139.8 million.

Domino's banal fell 5% successful premarket trading aft the results were released.

On the paper and promotions front, the concatenation has brought backmost deals including the $9.99 "Best Deal Ever," "Mix and Match," and "Emergency Pizza," portion besides launching a caller Parmesan-stuffed crust pizza arsenic it works to triumph implicit cost-sensitive diners, Reuters reported.

"In an intensifying macro and competitory environment, our standard vantage and best-in-class store level profitability uniquely presumption Domino's successful the QSR Pizza class to prolong the worth and innovation customers demand," CEO Russell Weiner said successful a statement.

Global retail income grew 3.4%, excluding overseas currency impact. The institution added 180 nett caller stores during the quarter, bringing its full to 22,322 locations crossed much than 90 markets.

The company's committee approved a $1 cardinal stock repurchase program, adding to $290.2 cardinal antecedently remaining successful its buyback authorization, for a full of $1.29 cardinal disposable for aboriginal repurchases. During the quarter, Domino's repurchased 188,304 shares for $75.1 million.

The committee besides declared a quarterly dividend of $1.99 per share, payable June 30 to shareholders of grounds arsenic of June 15.

Earlier this year, Domino's had projected full-year U.S. same-store income maturation of 3% for fiscal 2026, anticipating that the stronger gains would beryllium concentrated successful the archetypal fractional of the twelvemonth alternatively than the second, Reuters noted.