Dine Brands Global, Inc. filings document the public-company records of a Delaware restaurant franchisor and operator with NYSE-listed common stock under the symbol DIN. Its Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual results, earnings press releases, dividend declarations, board actions and amendments to prior material-event disclosures, including corrections to non-GAAP financial measures when applicable.
Proxy materials describe annual meeting matters, stockholder voting procedures, director elections, board committee assignments, governance practices and director compensation. The filings also identify the company’s registered common stock and formal exhibit materials tied to financial releases and other corporate events.
DIN submitted a Form 144 notice listing proposed sales of Common stock through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC. The filing shows the entry line with values 1800, 51,975.00, and 12,685,175 dated 05/08/2026 on the NYSE. The filing also lists prior restricted stock vesting events of 174 on 03/04/2022, 1,543 on 03/04/2023, and 83 on 03/03/2024.
Dine Brands Global filed an amended report to correct non-GAAP figures in its first-quarter 2026 results. Adjusted net income was revised to $11.1 million, and adjusted diluted EPS to $0.88, down from previously reported $13.5 million and $1.07. The company states these changes do not affect its GAAP condensed consolidated financial statements.
For the quarter ended March 29, 2026, total revenue was $225.2 million versus $214.8 million a year earlier, while net income was $7.4 million versus $8.2 million. Adjusted EBITDA was $50.8 million compared with $54.7 million, and adjusted free cash flow was negative $3.0 million versus positive $14.6 million. The company repurchased about $22 million of stock and paid $2.5 million in dividends, reiterated its 2026 guidance, and reported nearly 3,500 restaurants across 19 international markets.
Dine Brands Global reported first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $225.2 million, up from $214.8 million a year earlier, driven mainly by newly acquired company‑owned Applebee’s restaurants. Net income was $7.4 million versus $8.2 million, as higher interest and operating costs more than offset revenue growth.
Basic earnings per share rose to $0.59 from $0.53 on a lower share count after repurchasing 623,592 shares for $22.0 million. System domestic same‑restaurant sales were flat at IHOP, up 1.9% at Applebee’s and 2.4% at Fuzzy’s. Cash from operations fell to $7.5 million, and adjusted free cash flow turned to negative $3.0 million as remodel and development spending increased. Long‑term debt remained high at $1.19 billion, though the company reported a securitization DSCR of about 3.0x and continued its quarterly dividend of $0.19 per share.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. reported first quarter 2026 revenue of $225.2 million, up from $214.8 million a year earlier, helped by higher company-owned restaurant sales. Franchise revenues were $164.9 million and rental revenues were $26.8 million.
Net income was $7.4 million versus $8.2 million last year, with diluted EPS of $0.57 compared to $0.53. Adjusted net income available to common stockholders was $13.5 million and adjusted diluted EPS was $1.07, up from $1.03. Adjusted EBITDA was $50.8 million versus $54.7 million.
Cash flows from operating activities were $7.5 million, and adjusted free cash flow was negative $3.0 million compared to positive $14.6 million a year ago. The company repurchased about $22 million of common stock and paid $2.5 million in dividends in the quarter, while reiterating its fiscal 2026 guidance. As of March 29, 2026, Dine Brands’ three restaurant brands comprised nearly 3,500 locations across 19 international markets.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. director Lilian Tomovich received additional equity-based compensation through dividend equivalents on existing restricted stock units. On this Form 4, she acquired 26.4070 dividend-equivalent restricted stock units that are economically equal to 26.4070 shares of common stock and carry a zero exercise price. These units arose because dividends were paid on the common stock underlying her restricted stock units and will vest and settle on the same terms as the related awards. Following this transaction, she directly holds a total of 3,616.4070 restricted stock units tied to Dine Brands common stock.
Starrs Artie reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. director Artie Starrs received a grant of 26.407 dividend equivalent restricted stock units on common stock. Each unit is economically equivalent to one share of common stock and accrues when dividends are paid on the underlying restricted stock units.
After this compensation-related award, Starrs directly holds a total of 3,616.407 such restricted stock units, which vest, settle and expire on the same terms as the related underlying restricted stock unit award. This filing reflects a routine non-cash equity compensation adjustment, not an open-market stock purchase or sale.
Silva Enrique reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Dine Brands Global director Enrique Silva reported receiving 23.95 dividend-equivalent restricted stock units tied to the company’s common stock. These units accrued as dividends on a prior restricted stock unit award and are economically equivalent to common shares.
Following this grant, Silva directly holds 3,279.95 restricted stock units. The dividend-equivalent rights vest, settle, and expire on the same terms as the underlying restricted stock units, making this a routine, compensation-related equity accrual rather than an open-market stock purchase or sale.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. director Ryan Matthew T. reported an acquisition of dividend-equivalent restricted stock units linked to a prior equity award. He received 26.407 additional units, each economically equivalent to one share of common stock, bringing his directly held restricted stock units with dividend equivalents to 3,616.407.
These dividend-equivalent rights accrue when cash dividends are paid on the underlying common stock and follow the same vesting, settlement, and expiration terms as the original restricted stock units. The event reflects routine equity-based compensation rather than an open-market share purchase or sale.
Dine Brands Global director Martha Poulter received a grant of dividend-equivalent restricted stock units tied to existing awards. On the reported date, she acquired 26.407 dividend-equivalent rights, each economically equal to one share of common stock. Following this routine compensation-related grant, she directly holds 3,616.407 restricted stock units in total.
PASQUALE DOUGLAS M reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Dine Brands Global, Inc. director Douglas M. Pasquale received a grant of 26.407 restricted stock units in the form of dividend equivalent rights on April 10, 2026. Each dividend equivalent right is economically equal to one share of common stock and accrues when dividends are paid on the underlying restricted stock units.
These dividend equivalent rights vest on the same schedule and are subject to the same settlement and expiration terms as the related restricted stock units. Following this grant, Pasquale holds a total of 3,616.407 restricted stock units tied to Dine Brands Global common stock.