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MHGU

Meritage Hospitality Group Inc.

Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · OQX

$2.10

Data: 2026-05-14

✗ ETHICAL FAIL

WEAK MOAT

HIGH

Data Confidence: 100.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$14M

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

0.00

Forward P/E

2.19

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+5.2%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

-5.1%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

-27.7%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

N/A

Recommendation

NONE

Consensus view from ? analysts covering this stock

About Meritage Hospitality Group Inc.

Meritage Hospitality Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates quick-service and casual dining restaurants. The company operates restaurants under the Wendy's, Morning Belle, and Blue Porch Bar & Grill brand names in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. It is also involved in franchising activities. The company was formerly known as Thomas Edison Inns, Inc. and changed its name to Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. in May 1996. Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. was founded in 1969 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

https://www.meritagehospitality.com

Country: United States Employees: 330 Industry: Restaurants

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

236.6% FAIL

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

14.4% PASS

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

0.0% PASS

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.0% PASS

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Valuation

Fair Value Est.

$14.40

What our model estimates this business is worth per share

Margin of Safety

85.4%

Deep discount to fair value — significant undervaluation

Rating

AVOID

Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality

Percentile

37.1th

Ranks in the top 63% of our 13,571 screened universe

Ethical Score

10.0

Valuation Score

95.0

Quality Score

25.0

Combined

N/A

Trading at $2 against a fair value of $14, a 85% discount. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 66% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

DISTRIBUTION

Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution

Sharpe Ratio

-1.359

Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge

Kelly Fraction

-0.6297

No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out

Calmar Ratio

-0.769

Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile

Annual Return

-70.1%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-91.1%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

BULL

Statistical model sees bullish momentum

Days in State

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

-0.06

Very low correlation to market moves

52W High

$13.35

84% below the year high

52W Low

$1.65

27% above the year low

Avg Volume

6,556

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

0.0

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

N/A

Div Yield

0.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$-5.10

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

3.95

Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline

Current Ratio

0.09

Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag

Quick Ratio

0.05

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

16.6%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

2.0%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$-6,359,625

Negative — the business is spending more than it generates

Revenue (TTM)

$618M

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$-34,012,000

Loss-making — spending exceeds revenue after all costs

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-14

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