Consumer Defensive
Krispy Kreme, Inc.(DNUT)
Live Price
Offline$4.31
+2.62% today
1Y Change
+45.14%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $630.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -8.6%
- EPS Growth
- -16712.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Krispy Kreme, Inc. (DNUT) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $630.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $4.31 and up 45.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -8.6%, EPS growth of -16712.0%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -8.6%, EPS -16712.0%, free cash flow +14.6% with operating margin -29.4% and ROIC -19.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines DNUT price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-8.6% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-29.4% vs +6.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 14, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -8.6% and EPS is at -16712.0%, with operating margin around -29.4%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 14, 2026 | โ | -0.6% | +2.5% | +32.6% |
2026 Feb 26, 2026 | +200.0% | -1.8% | -5.2% | -10.5% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | +116.7% | +6.4% | +0.3% | +9.7% |
Benchmark Edge
DNUT vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
DNUT
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
DNUT Max Drawdown
-37.87%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for DNUT and SPY.
Company Overview
Krispy Kreme, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Krispy Kreme, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates through an omni-channel business model to provide doughnut experiences and produce doughnuts. The company operates through three segments: U.S. and Canada, International, and Market Development. It also produces cookies, brownies, cookie cakes, ice cream, cookie-wiches, and cold milk, as well as doughnut mixes, other ingredients, and doughnut-making equipment. As of January 2, 2022, the company had 1,810 Krispy Kreme and Insomnia Cookies-branded shops in approximately 30 countries worldwide, which include 971 company owned and 839 franchised. It serves through doughnut shops, delivered fresh daily outlets, ecommerce, and delivery business. The company was formerly known as Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. and changed its name to Krispy Kreme, Inc. in May 2021. Krispy Kreme, Inc. was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Leadership
- Joshua Charlesworth
- IPO Date
- Jul 1, 2021
- Employees
- 21.0k
- Street Address
- 2116 Hawkins Street
- Mailing
- Charlotte, NC, 28203
- Region
- Charlotte, NC, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 800 457 4779
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- โ
- Price/Sales
- 0.4
- Price/Book
- 1.0
Growth
- Revenue
- -8.6%
- EPS
- -16712.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- +14.6%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 14.1%
- Operating Margin
- -29.4%
- Net Margin
- -33.9%
- ROE
- -66.1%
- ROIC
- -19.3%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.17
- Current Ratio
- 0.38
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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