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BRCB NASDAQ

Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. Class A Common Stock
1W: -8.1% 1M: -51.1% 3M: -49.4% YTD: -70.5%
$6.81
+0.23 (+3.50%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±15.7%
$5 $6 $7 $8 $9
NASDAQ · Consumer Defensive · Food Confectioners · Alpha Radar Strong Sell · Power 35 · $119.0M mcap · 17M float · 3.36% daily turnover · Short 35% of daily vol

Edge Score

Quantitative competitive moat analysis scoring five pillars of durable advantage — cost leadership, brand intangibles, switching costs, network effects, and efficient scale — using industry percentile rankings on a 0–100 scale.

WEAK EDGE
43.5 / 100
NoneWeakNarrowWide
Primary source: Switching Costs  ·  ROIC: 0.2%
Cost Advantage
30
Intangibles
32
Switching Cost
70
Network Effect
35
Scale
45
The Edge Score quantifies a company's competitive moat using five pillars: Cost Advantage (20%, operating margin and SG&A efficiency vs industry peers), Intangible Assets (25%, gross margin premium, R&D intensity, brand pricing power), Switching Costs (25%, revenue stability, earnings consistency, customer retention proxied by operating leverage), Network Effects (15%, revenue growth with expanding margins, market share dominance), and Efficient Scale (15%, market concentration, ROIC sustainability). Each pillar is scored 0–100 using industry percentile rankings, then weighted into a composite. Wide ≥ 70, Narrow ≥ 55, Weak ≥ 40, None < 40. BRCB shows a Weak competitive edge (43.5/100) — limited structural advantages that may face competitive pressure. The primary source of advantage is Switching Costs. ROIC of 0.2% suggests modest returns relative to capital deployed.

Analyst Insights

Wall Street analyst consensus based on price targets and buy/sell/hold recommendations from institutional research coverage over the trailing 12 months.

Analyst Price Targets
$15
Low
$15
Avg Target
$15
High
Based on 1 analyst since May 12, 2026 earnings
Analyst Recommendations
Strong Buy: 0Buy: 4Hold: 0Sell: 0Strong Sell: 0
Rating Summary
ConsensusBuy
Avg Target$18.25
Analysts4
Price Target Change History
DateFirmAnalystOldNewChangeUpside @ CallStock@Call
2026-05-13 D.A. Davidson $16 $15 -1 +36.7% $10.97
2026-05-05 D.A. Davidson Initiated $16 +37.6% $11.63
2026-04-21 Morgan Stanley Brian Harbour $28 $22 -6 +50.8% $14.59
2026-04-21 Raymond James Brian Vaccaro $26 $20 -6 +38.1% $14.48
2025-10-07 Raymond James Initiated $26 +17.4% $22.14
2025-10-07 Jefferies Initiated $30 +35.5% $22.14
2025-10-07 Robert W. Baird David Tarantino Initiated $32 +44.5% $22.14
2025-10-07 Morgan Stanley Initiated $28 +26.5% $22.14
2025-10-07 Stifel Nicolaus Chris O'Cull Initiated $27 +22.0% $22.14

Financial Rating

Composite financial health rating (A+ to F) based on discounted cash flow valuation, return on equity, return on assets, debt-to-equity leverage, and relative P/E and P/B multiples.

C-
May 22, 2026
DCF
1
ROE
2
ROA
3
D/E
1
P/E
1
P/B
1
The Financial Rating evaluates six fundamental factors — discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation, return on equity (ROE), return on assets (ROA), debt-to-equity leverage (D/E), and relative price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-book (P/B) multiples — each scored 1–5. BRCB receives an overall rating of C-. Areas of concern: DCF (1/5), ROE (2/5), D/E (1/5), P/E (1/5), P/B (1/5).
Rating Change History
DateFromTo
2026-05-19 D+ C-
2026-05-18 C- D+
2026-05-15 C C-
2026-05-12 D+ C
2026-03-09 C- D+
2026-03-03 D+ C-

InsiderStreet Scorecard

Proprietary multi-factor scorecard rating companies across seven fundamental dimensions — profitability, balance sheet strength, earnings quality, growth, value, momentum, and safety — each scored 0–100.

22 Grade D
Profitability
12
Balance Sheet
21
Earnings Quality
98
Growth
Value
22
Momentum
Safety
15
Cash Flow
35
The InsiderStreet Scorecard rates companies across eight dimensions: Profitability (margins, ROA, ROE), Balance Sheet (leverage, liquidity, coverage), Earnings Quality (accruals, cash conversion), Growth (revenue and earnings trajectory), Value (P/E, P/B, earnings yield, Graham criteria), Momentum (revenue and earnings acceleration), Safety (Altman Z-Score risk adjustment), and Cash Flow (operating cash flow quality, FCF conversion, cash coverage). The overall score blends 35% quality, 35% value, and 30% momentum, with a penalty for distress-zone Altman scores. BRCB scores highest in Earnings Quality (98/100) and lowest in Profitability (12/100). A grade of D flags significant fundamental concerns across multiple dimensions.

Risk & Quality Signals

Academic financial models used by institutional investors to assess bankruptcy risk, earnings manipulation, financial strength, and credit quality.

Altman Z-Score
1.00
Distress Zone
Piotroski F-Score
4/9
Beneish M-Score
Ohlson O-Score
-5.62
Bankruptcy prob: 0.4%
Low Risk
Credit Rating
CCC
Score: 12.2/100
Earnings Quality
100/100
OCF/NI: 1.76x
Accruals: -0.1%
The Altman Z-Score (1968) combines five ratios — working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value of equity, and sales, all relative to total assets or liabilities — into a single bankruptcy predictor. BRCB scores 1.00, placing it in the Distress Zone (safe > 2.99, distress < 1.81). Historically, companies in this range face elevated bankruptcy risk. The Piotroski F-Score (2000) is a 9-point binary checklist — four profitability tests (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, cash flow exceeding net income), three leverage tests (declining debt ratio, improving current ratio, no share dilution), and two efficiency tests (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Each pass scores 1 point. BRCB scores 4/9, indicating moderate financial health — some areas of strength offset by weaknesses in others. The Ohlson O-Score (1980) is a 9-variable logistic regression that estimates bankruptcy probability using firm size, leverage, working capital, current ratio, profitability (ROA), cash flow coverage, negative equity flag, consecutive losses flag, and earnings trajectory. The raw score is converted to a probability via logistic transformation. BRCB's implied 0.4% bankruptcy probability is well within safe territory. Our Credit Rating model scores companies on five weighted components — solvency (30%), earning power (25%), leverage (20%), liquidity (15%), and cash flow quality (10%) — then blends the absolute score with sector and industry peer rankings. For companies with large buyback programs, equity is adjusted by adding back cumulative 5-year repurchases (capped at 80% of FCF generated) to avoid penalizing shareholder-friendly capital allocation. BRCB receives an estimated rating of CCC (score: 12.2/100). The Earnings Quality score measures how well reported earnings are backed by real cash. It evaluates the operating cash flow to net income ratio (OCF/NI ≥ 1.0 means every dollar of earnings is cash-backed) and the accruals ratio (the gap between earnings and cash flow relative to assets — lower is better). BRCB's score of 100/100 is high — cash flows strongly support reported earnings.

Valuation

Key valuation multiples comparing the stock's market price to its earnings, revenue, book value, and cash flows. Lower multiples may indicate relative undervaluation versus peers.

P/E
92.68x
PEG
0.04x
P/S
0.57x
P/B
2.53x
P/FCF
-6.39x
P/OCF
404.47x
EV/EBITDA
139.23x
EV/Revenue
2.26x
EV/EBIT
-50.20x
EV/FCF
-10.21x
Earnings Yield
0.14%
FCF Yield
-15.65%
Shareholder Yield
107.01%
Graham Number
$1.03
Equity-based multiples (P/E, P/B, P/FCF) compare the stock price to per-share fundamentals and are affected by capital structure. Enterprise value multiples (EV/EBITDA, EV/Revenue, EV/FCF) strip out debt and cash, making them more useful for cross-company comparisons regardless of how companies are financed. The Graham Number — √(22.5 × EPS × Book Value) — is Benjamin Graham's formula for the maximum price a defensive investor should pay. At 92.7x earnings, BRCB is priced for high growth expectations. Graham's intrinsic value formula yields $1.03 per share, 562% below the current price.

DuPont Decomposition (5-Factor)

The 5-factor DuPont framework breaks Return on Equity into its component drivers — tax efficiency, interest burden, operating profitability, asset utilization, and financial leverage — to reveal what truly drives shareholder returns.

Tax Burden
-0.026
NI / EBT
×
Interest Burden
1.722
EBT / EBIT
×
EBIT Margin
-0.045
EBIT / Rev
×
Asset Turnover
0.477
Rev / Assets
×
Equity Multiplier
7.366
Assets / Equity
=
ROE
0.7%
The 5-factor DuPont identity decomposes ROE as: Tax Burden × Interest Burden × EBIT Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier = ROE. This reveals whether returns are driven by operating performance, financial leverage, or tax efficiency — three very different sources of profitability. BRCB's ROE of 0.7% is driven by financial leverage (equity multiplier: 7.37x). Note: high leverage means ROE is amplified by debt rather than operational performance. A tax burden ratio of -0.03 suggests the company retains less than 60% of pre-tax earnings after taxes.

Graham-Dodd Adjusted Valuation

Our adaptation of Graham's growth formula (Fair P/E = 8.5 + 2g) from The Intelligent Investor. The classic version relies on analyst growth projections, which can be unreliable. This adjusted model substitutes the company's realized 3-year EPS CAGR — a backward-looking, verifiable measure of actual earnings power — grounding the valuation in demonstrated performance rather than forecasts.

Adj. Growth Rate
0.00%
Fair P/E
8.50x
Intrinsic Value
$0.15
Price/Value
83.95x
Margin of Safety
-8294.56%
Premium
8294.56%
Assessment
Overvalued
Graham's classic formula uses analyst-projected growth to estimate a fair P/E (8.5 + 2g). Our adjusted version replaces that projection with BRCB's realized 0.0% 3-year EPS CAGR — what the company actually delivered, not what analysts hope for. BRCB trades at a 8295% premium to its adjusted intrinsic value of $0.15, suggesting the market is pricing in future growth beyond what historical earnings support. The adjusted fair P/E of 8.5x compares to the current market P/E of 92.7x.

Profitability Trends

Historical profitability ratios tracking how efficiently the company converts revenue into returns for shareholders over time.

Leverage & Solvency Trends

Debt and liquidity metrics showing the company's financial leverage and ability to meet short-term and long-term obligations.

Efficiency & Working Capital Trends

Operating efficiency metrics measuring how quickly the company converts inventory to sales, collects receivables, and manages its cash conversion cycle.

Growth Trends (YoY %)

Year-over-year growth rates for key financial metrics, showing the trajectory of revenue, earnings, and cash flow generation.

Earnings Stability

R-squared of linear regression measuring how predictably revenue, earnings, and margins follow a trend over the trailing 5 years. 1.0 = perfectly predictable; lower values indicate erratic or cyclical behavior.

Monte Carlo Price Simulation

Geometric Brownian Motion with 1,000 antithetic paths over 1 year, seeded from 175 days of historical volatility. Percentile bands show the range of statistically plausible outcomes — this is a statistical model, not a forecast.

Current Price
$6.81
Median 1Y
$0.68
5th Pctile
$0.20
95th Pctile
$2.30
Ann. Volatility
75.9%
Analyst Target
$18.25
25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical Analyst target

Executive Compensation

C-suite compensation breakdown including salary, stock awards, options, and incentive pay. The CEO-to-employee pay ratio and Gini coefficient measure pay distribution fairness.

C-Suite Compensation

ExecutiveSalaryStockTotal
Mark Davis
Chief Executive Officer
$621,370 $3,750,000 $20,897,082
Rodd Booth Financial
ancial Officer
$307,123 $750,000 $2,106,129
Sam Seiberling Legal
Legal Officer
$285,753 $771,385 $2,003,328

CEO Pay Ratio

1416:1
CEO-to-Employee Pay Ratio
CEO Total Comp: $20,897,082
Avg Employee Cost (SGA/emp): $14,759
Employees: 2,800

C-Suite Pay Equality (Gini)

CEO Compensation Mix

Workforce & Productivity

Workforce efficiency metrics measuring revenue, profit, and R&D spend per employee — key indicators of operational leverage and human capital productivity.

Employees
2,800
Revenue / Employee
$71,543
Rev: $200,321,000
Profit / Employee
$-5,870
NI: $-16,436,999
SGA / Employee
$14,759
Avg labor cost proxy

Scaling Efficiency

All Ratios & Metrics

Complete fundamental data with up to 20 periods of history, sparkline trends, and current values across 13 categories and 130+ financial metrics.

Profitability
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
ROE 4.3% -0.1% 0.7% 0.70%
ROA -0.3% -0.0% 0.1% 0.09%
ROIC -2.8% -1.5% 0.2% 0.20%
ROCE -7.4% -3.7% -2.4% -2.42%
Gross Margin 29.7% 29.5% 23.5% 23.45%
Operating Margin -12.4% 5.6% 6.9% 6.91%
Net Margin -1.4% 1.2% 0.7% 0.68%
EBITDA Margin -19.9% 10.4% 13.1% 13.14%
FCF Margin -37.4% -24.8% -22.1% -22.11%
OCF Margin -22.0% -5.9% 0.3% 0.35%
ROIC Economic snapshot only 0.17%
Cash ROA snapshot only 0.17%
Cash ROIC snapshot only 0.31%
CROIC snapshot only -19.58%
NOPAT Margin snapshot only 0.22%
Pretax Margin snapshot only -7.75%
R&D / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
SGA / Revenue snapshot only 22.27%
SBC / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
Valuation
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
P/E Ratio -496.24 -6506.09 713.54 92.677
P/S Ratio 6.86 3.71 1.41 0.572
P/B Ratio -21.21 8.55 4.97 2.530
P/FCF -18.38 -14.97 -6.39 -6.392
P/OCF 404.47 404.465
EV/EBITDA -53.57 -112.37 139.23 139.228
EV/Revenue 10.66 5.00 2.26 2.258
EV/EBIT -41.34 -47.59 -50.20 -50.201
EV/FCF -28.54 -20.17 -10.21 -10.213
Earnings Yield -0.2% -0.0% 0.1% 0.14%
FCF Yield -5.4% -6.7% -15.6% -15.65%
PEG Ratio snapshot only 0.041
Price/Tangible Book snapshot only 7.438
EV/OCF snapshot only 646.255
EV/Gross Profit snapshot only 8.223
Acquirers Multiple snapshot only 798.566
Shareholder Yield snapshot only 1.07%
Graham Number snapshot only $1.03
Leverage & Solvency
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Current Ratio 0.58 1.04 1.04 1.040
Quick Ratio 0.52 0.96 0.96 0.965
Debt/Equity -12.34 3.59 3.59 3.592
Net Debt/Equity 2.97 2.97 2.970
Debt/Assets 0.97 0.49 0.49 0.488
Debt/EBITDA -20.07 -35.05 63.00 62.999
Net Debt/EBITDA -19.07 -28.98 52.09 52.091
Interest Coverage -4.62 -3.36 -1.95 -1.947
Equity Multiplier -12.78 7.37 7.37 7.366
Cash Ratio snapshot only 0.736
Debt Service Coverage snapshot only 0.702
Cash to Debt snapshot only 0.173
FCF to Debt snapshot only -0.216
Defensive Interval snapshot only 266.5 days
Efficiency & Turnover
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Asset Turnover 0.24 0.31 0.48 0.477
Inventory Turnover 17.61 25.54 40.19 40.191
Receivables Turnover 12.25 31.77 48.54 48.537
Payables Turnover 5.47 6.10 9.61 9.605
DSO 30 11 8 7.5 days
DIO 21 14 9 9.1 days
DPO 67 60 38 38.0 days
Cash Conversion Cycle -16 -34 -21 -21.4 days
Fixed Asset Turnover snapshot only 0.704
Operating Cycle snapshot only 16.6 days
Cash Velocity snapshot only 5.652
Capital Intensity snapshot only 2.095
Growth Quality
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Revenue Stability
Earnings Stability
Margin Stability
Rev. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
Earn. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
FCF Positive Streak 0 0 0 0
Earnings Persistence
Earnings Smoothness
ROE Trend
Gross Margin Trend
FCF Margin Trend
Sustainable Growth Rate 0.7% 0.70%
Internal Growth Rate 0.1% 0.09%
Cash Flow Quality
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
OCF/Net Income 15.92 103.83 1.76 1.764
FCF/OCF 1.70 4.19 -63.28 -63.280
FCF/Net Income snapshot only -111.635
OCF/EBITDA snapshot only 0.215
CapEx/Revenue 15.3% 18.9% 22.5% 22.46%
CapEx/Depreciation snapshot only 3.670
Accruals Ratio 0.05 0.02 -0.00 -0.001
Sloan Accruals snapshot only -0.080
Cash Flow Adequacy snapshot only 0.016
Earnings Quality Score snapshot only 1.000
Dividends & Buybacks
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Dividend Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Dividend/Share $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Payout Ratio 0.0% 0.00%
FCF Payout Ratio
Total Payout Ratio 763.5% 763.54%
Div. Increase Streak
Chowder Number
Buyback Yield 68.7% 62.2% 1.1% 1.07%
Net Buyback Yield 68.7% 62.1% 1.1% 1.07%
Total Shareholder Return 68.7% 62.1% 1.1% 1.07%
DuPont Factors
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT) 0.04 0.00 -0.03 -0.026
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT) 1.22 1.30 1.72 1.722
EBIT Margin -0.26 -0.11 -0.04 -0.045
Asset Turnover 0.24 0.31 0.48 0.477
Equity Multiplier -12.78 7.37 7.37 7.366
Per Share
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
EPS (Diluted TTM) $-0.05 $-0.00 $0.02 $0.02
Book Value/Share $-1.13 $2.60 $2.60 $6.12
Tangible Book/Share $-2.25 $1.74 $1.74 $1.74
Revenue/Share $3.48 $5.99 $9.14 $11.85
FCF/Share $-1.30 $-1.49 $-2.02 $-1.11
OCF/Share $-0.77 $-0.36 $0.03 $0.92
Cash/Share $0.69 $1.62 $1.62 $1.14
EBITDA/Share $-0.69 $-0.27 $0.15 $0.15
Debt/Share $13.88 $9.35 $9.34 $9.34
Net Debt/Share $13.19 $7.73 $7.72 $7.72
Academic Models
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Altman Z-Score 0.999
Altman Z-Prime snapshot only 0.913
Piotroski F-Score 1 1 4 4
Beneish M-Score
Ohlson O-Score snapshot only -5.619
ROIC (Greenblatt) snapshot only -3.14%
Net-Net WC snapshot only $-10.91
EVA snapshot only $-17773240.00
Credit
Metric Trend Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Credit Rating snapshot only CCC
Credit Score 15.30 24.70 12.15 12.151
Credit Grade snapshot only 17
Implied Spread (bps) snapshot only 1200.000
Industry Credit Rank snapshot only 4
Sector Credit Rank snapshot only 0

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