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DNUT

Krispy Kreme, Inc.

Next earnings Aug 5, 2026 · consensus $-0.04 EPS, $298M rev

Last earnings -1.1% on 2026-05-07

Sell
$3.51
▲ +1.15%
$3.51▲ +32.45%
over 1Y
L $2.65H $4.70
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+1.2%
1W-1.4%
1M+4.8%
3M+3.2%
YTD-14.0%
1Y+32.5%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Sell
Quality
D
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Flagged
Sell
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)
12-mo target
$•••
Street · 12 analysts
Hold

Broken turnaround: shrinking sales, thin cash, 2.95x leverage and a material weakness — cheap for a reason, downside not yet fenced.

Revenue (FY2025) $1.52B · FY2025

The headline FY2025 net loss of -$516M overstates the cash story — it's dominated by goodwill/long-lived-asset impairments the 10-K flags as an ongoing risk, and adjusted net loss was only -$17.7M with Adjusted EBITDA of $140M. But strip the optics away and the operating business is still going backwards: revenue fell 8.6% to $1.52B (organic -1.3%), Adjusted EBITDA dropped 27.5%, and Global Points of Access shrank 13.5% as the company closed ~1,400 underperforming fresh-delivery doors and exited McDonald's USA. This is contraction, not the 'sustainable, profitable growth' the turnaround headline promises, and the 2021–2025 history shows the company has posted a GAAP loss in four of the last five years — profitability has never been durable.

The balance sheet is the real problem. Stockholders' equity fell 42.7% to $650M while liabilities held flat, pushing liabilities/equity to 2.95x; retained earnings sit at -$821M. Cash is just $42.4M against $457M of current liabilities and $174M of current assets — a current ratio well under 0.5x. Operating cash flow of $33.9M did not cover $97.9M of capex, so free cash flow was materially negative, yet the company still paid $11.9M in dividends. With 'significant indebtedness' explicitly named as a risk factor and a previously identified material weakness in internal controls not yet fully remediated, this is a company funding a shrinking business on a thin liquidity cushion.

Is DNUT a buy? The one-page verdict, explained →

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread~60d expiry
  • Long put 3.5 @ ~0.59 est
  • Short put 3 @ ~0.33 est
debit $26max +$24max −$26BE 3.24

SELL verdict, defined risk: profits into weakness down to the short strike; max loss is the net debit.

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Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue$1.12B$1.38B$1.69B$1.67B$1.52B
Gross profit—————
Operating income$4.28M$41.1M$13.1M-$8.73M-$469M
Net income-$64.3M-$24.5M-$37.9M$3.10M-$516M
Diluted EPS-$0.52-$0.18-$0.23$0.02-$3.04
Net margin-5.7%-1.8%-2.2%0.2%-33.9%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$1.19B
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales0.8
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-85.2%
FCF yield-10.6%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-28.9%
Free cash flow-$64.0M
Total debt$631M
Net cash-$588M
Altman Z-Score-0.39 distress
Piotroski F-Score4/7

Capital returns

Buyback yield0.2%
Dividend yield (est.)2.0%
Shareholder yield2.2%
Shares Δ YoY+1.1%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Recent disclosure tone has skewed negative — read the flagged items.
  1. 8-K Shareholder vote2026-06-12

    Annual meeting vote results (Item 5.07); routine director/governance approvals

  2. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-08

    Q1 FY26 10-Q: revenue decline and losses persist; turnaround still unproven

  3. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-07

    Q1 FY26 results release; revenue still sliding amid turnaround, no return to profit yet

  4. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-04-27

    Annual proxy: board slate, exec comp and say-on-pay ahead of shareholder vote

  5. 8-K Officer / director change2026-04-06

    Amendment to prior 8-K adding required detail; no new material change

  6. 8-K/A Amended 8-K2026-04-06

    Amendment to prior 8-K adding required detail; no new material change

  7. 8-K Material agreement2026-03-24

    Material agreement + Reg FD: refranchising/strategic deal advances deleveraging plan

  8. 10-K Annual report2026-03-06

    FY25 10-K: -$516M loss, equity -43%, material weakness, turnaround/refranchising plan

  9. 8-K Earnings results2026-02-26

    FY25 results: $516M net loss on -8.6% revenue; huge impairments confirmed

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
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Quality score

D
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA+
GrowthF
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthC-
MomentumD
  • ✗Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
  • ✗Liabilities below 2× equity
2.9252-week4.70
Revenue
$1.52B
-8.6% YoY
Net margin
-33.9%
ROE
-79.3%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$1.52B-8.6%
Net income-$516M-16764.5%
Operating income-$469M-5272.3%
Diluted EPS-$3.04-15300.0%
Cash & equivalents$42.4M+46.4%
Total assets$2.59B-15.6%
Total liabilities$1.92B+0.4%
Stockholders' equity$650M-42.7%
Op.: -30.8%L/E: 2.95x

Frequently asked

Is Krispy Kreme, Inc. (DNUT) a buy?
DNUT currently carries a Sell rating with 4/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Broken turnaround: shrinking sales, thin cash, 2.95x leverage and a material weakness — cheap for a reason, downside not yet fenced.
What is Krispy Kreme, Inc.'s quality score?
DNUT scores 45.56991440814256/100 (grade D) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001857154, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-08) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 7/3/2026, 3:53:39 AM.

›About this recommendation — produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg · not investment advice

AI-generated analysis, produced by our proprietary engine from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jul 2, 2026, 11:53 PM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

Research and education only — not financial advice. TENKis not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities TENK rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-07-01
Suess Lori M.
Head of People and Culture
Tax8.39K @ $3.53$29.6K
2026-07-01
Esposito Joseph J
Chief Accounting Officer
Tax8.00K @ $3.53$28.2K
2026-06-10
Werneck Melissa
Director
Award39.7K
2026-06-10
Sundaram Easwaran
Director
Award33.3K
2026-06-10
Shear David Chan
Director
Award39.7K
2026-06-10
Hees Bernardo
Director
Award64.1K
2026-06-10
Grismer Patrick J
Director
Award33.3K

Dividends

Irregular
Yield (TTM)
—
Annual / share
—
Last ex-date
2025-04-23
Last amount
$0.04
ex 2025-04-23paid 2025-05-07$0.04
ex 2025-01-22paid 2025-02-05$0.04
ex 2024-10-23paid 2024-11-06$0.04
ex 2024-07-24paid 2024-08-07$0.04
ex 2024-04-23paid 2024-05-08$0.04
ex 2024-01-23paid 2024-02-07$0.04

Source: EODHD. Yield = trailing-12-month dividends ÷ price.

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-07Miss -114.6% est▼ -5.76%8-K ↗
2026-02-26Beat +184.8% est▲ +28.19%8-K ↗
2025-11-06Beat +118.6% est▼ -1.92%8-K ↗
2025-08-07Miss -353.2% est▲ +12.99%8-K ↗
2025-05-08—▼ -22.75%8-K ↗
2025-02-25—▼ -34.52%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Congressional trades

all activity →

1 buy · 1 sell · 1 member · last 180d

−$24.5K net soldlast trade 110d ago
$8.00K bought$32.5K sold
2026-03-24Tim MooreSell$15.0K–$50.0KPTR ↗
2026-02-20Tim MooreBuy$1.00K–$15.0KPTR ↗
2025-11-12Tim MooreSell$50.0K–$100KPTR ↗
2025-09-03Tim MooreBuy$1.00K–$15.0KPTR ↗
2025-09-03Tim MooreBuy$1.00K–$15.0KPTR ↗
2025-08-05Tim MooreBuy$1.00K–$15.0KPTR ↗
2025-08-05Tim MooreBuy$15.0K–$50.0KPTR ↗

Self-reported periodic transaction reports (STOCK Act). Amounts are disclosed ranges; a trade may be a spouse's. Disclosures lag the trade by up to ~45 days. Source: House Clerk + Senate eFD.

Vs tracked universe

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1195 tracked peers · median

TENK Score46 vs 67
Revenue growth-8.6% vs 7.5%
Net margin-33.9% vs 10.0%
Return on equity-79.3% vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2