Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ: TXRH) reported Q4 EPS of $0.61, $0.09 better than the analyst estimate of $0.52. Revenue for the quarter came in at $725.2 million versus the consensus estimate of $714.04 million. Comparable restaurant sales increased 4.4% at company restaurants and 3.4% at domestic franchise restaurants.

Kent Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of Texas Roadhouse, Inc., commented, “We are very pleased to end the year on a strong note, highlighted by our double digit revenue growth and improved restaurant margins in the second half of the year. Fourth quarter comparable restaurant sales grew 4.4% at company restaurants, which represents our 40th consecutive quarter of growth. This is certainly a credit to our operators, who for 10 straight years have found ways to continue to grow sales. In addition, our healthy cash flow allowed us to increase our quarterly cash dividend to $0.36 per share in 2020 which is our seventh straight year of increasing our dividends by double digits.”

Taylor continued, “We are off to a solid start in 2020, with comparable restaurant sales growth of 6.4% for the first seven weeks of the year. In addition, our development pipeline remains strong and we continue to target at least 30 company restaurant openings for the year.”

2020 Outlook

Comparable restaurant sales at company restaurants for the first seven weeks of our first quarter of fiscal 2020 increased 6.4% compared to the prior year period

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