Wedbush Has Bullish Estimate for Texas Roadhouse Q4 Earnings

Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (NASDAQ:TXRH) – Investment analysts at Wedbush increased their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Texas Roadhouse in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, March 28th. Wedbush analyst N. Setyan now expects that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $1.81 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.77. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $210.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Texas Roadhouse’s current full-year earnings is $7.23 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Texas Roadhouse’s Q1 2026 earnings at $1.99 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.08 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.61 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.96 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.65 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on Texas Roadhouse from $185.00 to $172.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 21st. Truist Financial lowered their target price on shares of Texas Roadhouse from $209.00 to $205.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Stephens reduced their price target on shares of Texas Roadhouse from $186.00 to $180.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Guggenheim lowered their price objective on shares of Texas Roadhouse from $205.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, Barclays cut their target price on Texas Roadhouse from $194.00 to $178.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 21st. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Texas Roadhouse currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $193.36.

Texas Roadhouse Stock Performance

Shares of Texas Roadhouse stock opened at $166.63 on Monday. Texas Roadhouse has a fifty-two week low of $146.75 and a fifty-two week high of $206.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.75, a PEG ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.00. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $176.11 and a 200 day moving average of $181.81.

Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ:TXRH) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The restaurant operator reported $1.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.66 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $1.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.41 billion. Texas Roadhouse had a net margin of 8.07% and a return on equity of 34.02%.

Texas Roadhouse Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 18th will be issued a dividend of $0.68 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 18th. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.63%. This is a boost from Texas Roadhouse’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.61. Texas Roadhouse’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 42.04%.

Insider Transactions at Texas Roadhouse

In related news, CTO Hernan E. Mujica sold 2,050 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $170.66, for a total transaction of $349,853.00. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer now owns 17,162 shares in the company, valued at $2,928,866.92. This trade represents a 10.67 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Christopher C. Colson sold 580 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $181.94, for a total value of $105,525.20. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 12,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,183,280. This represents a 4.61 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 17,905 shares of company stock worth $3,198,367. 0.50% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Texas Roadhouse

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of TXRH. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. purchased a new position in Texas Roadhouse during the 3rd quarter worth $406,000. FMR LLC boosted its stake in shares of Texas Roadhouse by 81.6% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 898,522 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $158,679,000 after buying an additional 403,720 shares during the period. D.A. Davidson & CO. grew its holdings in shares of Texas Roadhouse by 3.0% during the third quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 5,129 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $906,000 after buying an additional 149 shares during the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP increased its position in Texas Roadhouse by 120.9% in the 3rd quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 5,403 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $954,000 after acquiring an additional 2,957 shares during the period. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in Texas Roadhouse by 12.4% during the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 51,181 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $9,039,000 after acquiring an additional 5,660 shares during the last quarter. 94.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Texas Roadhouse Company Profile

Texas Roadhouse, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates casual dining restaurants in the United States and internationally. It also operates and franchises restaurants under the Texas Roadhouse, Bubba's 33, and Jaggers names in 49 states and ten internationally. Texas Roadhouse, Inc was founded in 1993 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.