Guzman y Gomez reports $1.38B FY26 network sales

• The company delivered $1.38 billion in revenue across its restaurant network for the financial year.
• A one-off charge related to the closure of American operations resulted in a $26.7 million loss.
• Management stated the business expects to prioritise opening new Australian locations over international markets.

Guzman y Gomez (ASX:GYG) reported $1.38 billion in network sales for the 2026 financial year.

The underlying net profit after tax reached $53.4 million, representing a 29.7% increase from the previous year, while net profit after tax increased 31.6% to $40.6 million.

Comp sales growth of 5.3% was outpaced by transaction growth and built in momentum throughout the year, with growth across all channels, dayparts, formats and ownership types.

The company posted a statutory loss of $26.7 million, which included one-off costs from exiting the United States.

"Our Australia segment has reported network sales of $1.4 billion, up 17.9% on last year, demonstrating continued consumer demand for clean, fresh, made-to-order food, loaded with flavour and prepared at speed," stated Steven Marks, founder and co-CEO of GYG.

Shareholders will receive a total fully franked dividend of 40.6 cents per share, including a special dividend of 14.4 cents per share. This brings the total dividend for FY26 to 48 cents per share.

The company expects further domestic growth, and following the announcement, the GYG share price was down at $23.97.

In FY27, GYG expects to open 35 new restaurants in Australia.  Underlying EBITDA as a percentage of network sales is expected to expand to 6.7-6.9% in FY27, compared to 6.2% reported in FY26.

GYG recently abandoned its American expansion strategy after concluding that scaling operations required substantially more capital than anticipated.