Company Analysis

Good Times Restaurants Inc. (GTIM)

Nasdaq: GTIM · Retail-Eating Places · Golden, CO · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade4.9
◀ Past 4.2● Present 5.2▶ Future 5.1
4 est.

The grade of Good Times Restaurants Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.9/10
◀ Past4.225% of the headline
● Present5.245% of the headline
▶ Future5.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 5 read as filed from the record and 4 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.2/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
2.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-06-06.

weight 45% of this tense · 20th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Good Times Restaurants Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2020-04-30); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-06-06) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

SI estimate
5.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

SI estimate 5.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 42 members with one.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 42 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Good Times Restaurants Inc.'s track record is put at 5.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 42 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 5.2% a year. 31% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 37 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, Good Times Restaurants Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 5.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 31% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 11% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.2/1045% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
6.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 3%: 3¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 41 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Good Times Restaurants Inc. earned about 3 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 30% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 36% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 23% of 43 in its family; net margin 0.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Good Times Restaurants Inc.'s standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $142 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 11% by size; a net margin of 0.7% ranks in the bottom 41%; revenue growth of -0.5% a year over the last 1 filed years ranks in the bottom 17% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$142Mbottom 11% of its family
  • net margin0.7%bottom 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-0.5%bottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
7.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 7.1/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 71st percentile among 37 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the chief executive's years under the title, which ranks in the top 29% of 37 in its family; fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title.
How it was reasoned
one part: the chief executive's years on the record, the one part on file, ranked among 37 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Good Times Restaurants Inc.'s leadership is put at 7.1 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the chief executive's years under the title, which ranks in the top 29% of 37 in its family; fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.1/1030% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
4.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 46% of 41 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 46th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Good Times Restaurants Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $3 million against debt of $2 million leaves 0.4% of its assets as net cash, top 38% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -1% of revenue (bottom 30%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets0.4%top 38% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-1.0%bottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

SI estimate
5.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

SI estimate 5.3/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 42 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending.
How it was reasoned
family median, 42 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Good Times Restaurants Inc.'s growth drivers is put at 5.3 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 42 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
5.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

SI estimate 5.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 39 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 39 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Good Times Restaurants Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 5.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 39 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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