$-0.01 EPS Expected for Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (DFRG)

September 30, 2017 – By Michael Collier

Investors sentiment increased to 1.67 in Q2 2017. Its up 0.40, from 1.27 in 2017Q1. It improved, as 12 investors sold Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc shares while 27 reduced holdings. 22 funds opened positions while 43 raised stakes. 20.67 million shares or 0.91% more from 20.48 million shares in 2017Q1 were reported.
Retail Bank Of Montreal Can reported 0% in Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG). California State Teachers Retirement Sys holds 0% or 38,716 shares. Arrowstreet Cap L P reported 0.02% of its portfolio in Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG). Dimensional Fund Advisors L P accumulated 1.59 million shares or 0.01% of the stock. Legal And General Public Ltd Co owns 7,207 shares for 0% of their portfolio. Walleye Trading invested in 0% or 902 shares. Panagora Asset Mngmt reported 0.01% in Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG). Gsa Cap Prtnrs Limited Liability Partnership has invested 0.09% in Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG). Barclays Public Limited Company reported 0% in Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG). Moreover, D E Shaw And has 0% invested in Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG). National Bank & Trust Of Ny Mellon reported 155,804 shares stake. Nationwide Fund holds 33,431 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Sg Americas Securities Ltd Co owns 11,580 shares or 0% of their US portfolio. Hodges Cap Mgmt holds 0.13% of its portfolio in Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG) for 135,000 shares. Moreover, Tfs Capital Limited Liability Corporation has 0.37% invested in Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG).

Since May 15, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 1 sale for $50,140 activity.

Analysts await Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG) to report earnings on October, 13. They expect $-0.01 earnings per share, down 125.00 % or $0.05 from last year’s $0.04 per share. After $0.15 actual earnings per share reported by Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -106.67 % negative EPS growth. It closed at $14.55 lastly. It is down 16.19% since September 30, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 0.51% the S&P500.

Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG) Ratings Coverage

Among 7 analysts covering Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:DFRG), 2 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 29% are positive. Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group had 11 analyst reports since September 14, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was maintained by Canaccord Genuity on Tuesday, July 18 with “Hold”. Stifel Nicolaus maintained it with “Buy” rating and $23 target in Tuesday, October 6 report. The company was downgraded on Tuesday, July 26 by Stifel Nicolaus. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Monday, November 9 by Piper Jaffray. The stock of Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG) has “Hold” rating given on Friday, July 21 by Piper Jaffray. Canaccord Genuity maintained the shares of DFRG in report on Monday, February 27 with “Hold” rating. Stephens downgraded the stock to “Equal-Weight” rating in Wednesday, November 16 report. On Wednesday, October 5 the stock rating was initiated by Wm Smith with “Not Rated”. The rating was upgraded by Credit Suisse on Tuesday, November 29 to “Outperform”.

Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc. develops, owns and operates three contemporary, complementary restaurants: Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House , Sullivan’s Steakhouse (Sullivan’s) and Del Frisco’s Grille (the Grille). The company has market cap of $307.41 million. As of December 27, 2016, the Company operated 53 restaurants in 24 states and the District of Columbia in the United States. It has a 25.36 P/E ratio. The Company’s divisions include Del Frisco’s, Sullivan’s and the Grille.

More notable recent Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG) news were published by: Globenewswire.com which released: “Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Names Sarah McAloon Brand President of Del …” on March 14, 2017, also Globenewswire.com with their article: “Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc. Names Neil Thomson as Chief Financial Officer” published on May 08, 2017, Seekingalpha.com published: “Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group’s (DFRG) CEO Norman Abdallah on Q2 2017 Results …” on July 21, 2017. More interesting news about Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFRG) were released by: Nasdaq.com and their article: “Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group to Support Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts” published on August 30, 2017 as well as Globenewswire.com‘s news article titled: “Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Supports Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts with …” with publication date: September 11, 2017.