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Dutch Bros Q1 2026 earnings breakdown - conversational walkthrough with a price-aware verdict and Wall Street consensus comparison. THE CALL: HOLD (3/5 conviction, MODERATE) - CURRENT @ $54.34 - HOLD - BUY below $48.00 with $42.00 stop - AVOID above $75.00 TRIGGER: Q2 same-shop sales above 5% AND new shops above 40 WINDOW: Through Q2 2026 earnings (August 2026) TRACKER: charged-alpha.com/calls/BROS WALL STREET CONSENSUS - Ratings: 4 Strong Buy / 11 Buy / 5 Hold / 1 Sell / 0 Strong Sell - BUY - Median 12-month price target: $72.00 (range $50 - $95) - Charged Alpha vs consensus: MORE CAUTIOUS THESIS Dutch Bros is the highest-growth scaled coffee operator in the US - 1,024 shops on a path to 4,000+ at maturity, 29 percent revenue growth, 7 percent company-operated same-shop sales. Bull lever: Shop count compounds at 15-20 percent annually toward 2,000 by FY29. Same-shop sales hold above 5 percent. Mobile app adoption drives ticket and frequency. Multiple holds at 5x sales. Key risk: Same-shop sales decelerate below 3 percent as competition intensifies. New shop ramp economics compress. Multiple compresses toward SBUX 3x as growth matures. QUALITY CHECK - Management quality grade: B+ (Christine Barone team has executed shop expansion plus same-shop sales acceleration consistently. Capital allocation aggressive - net debt elevated to fund growth but contained. Raised guidance is meaningful conviction signal.) - Earnings quality grade: B (FCF positive but modest at 6 percent margin. SBC 3 percent of revenue. Net debt 2.9x EBITDA is the leverage watchout. Earnings quality improving as new shops mature and operating leverage emerges.) CHAPTERS 0:00 Hook 0:45 The Print 1:35 The Trend 2:32 The Segments 3:17 The FCF Bridge 4:03 Guidance & The Narrative Diff 5:03 Peer Dot-Plot 5:55 Management & Earnings Quality 7:02 The Call - Verdict (price-aware + consensus) 7:54 The Call - Supporting Evidence KEY METRICS - Q1 2026 - Revenue: $0.46B (+28.9% YoY, beat estimate by 3.1%) - Adjusted EPS: $0.14 (vs $0.12 est, beat by 16.7%) - Operating margin: 7.7% - Free cash flow: $0.03B (6.0% margin) GUIDANCE FY2026 revenue guide RAISED to 1.95-2.05 billion dollars - implies 25 percent YoY growth. New shop opens guided to 160 - slightly higher than prior 150. Same-shop sales guidance raised to 4.5 percent from prior 3 to 5 percent. Adjusted EBITDA 290-310 million. NARRATIVE DIFF - what changed in management tone - Prior call (2026-02-12 (Q4 2025 call)): "Customer transaction trends remain stable as we navigate competitive intensity in the coffee category." - Current call (2026-05-07 (Q1 2026 call)): "Q1 demonstrated the power of our model with 6.9 percent company-operated same-shop sales growth and transaction growth accelerating to 1.8 percent. We are raising full-year guidance reflecting this momentum." - Sentiment shift: positive DATA SOURCES - FMP (financialmodelingprep.com) - Dutch Bros Q1 2026 Press Release (2026-05-07) - Q1 2026 Earnings Call commentary DISCLAIMER This is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Not financial advice. Charged Alpha does not have a position in BROS. Do your own research before any investment decision. #BROS #DutchBros #earnings #investing #stocks #ChargedAlpha