Dutch Bros Inc.

BROSdata completeness 100%7 fiscal years on file

Data notes: no data for concept 'investmentsAtFairValue'; no data for concept 'netInvestmentIncome'; no data for concept 'gainsOnRealEstateSales'; no data for concept 'realEstateImpairment'; no data for concept 'dividendsPaid'; no data for concept 'interestExpense'

The thesis, from the filings

Dutch Bros Inc. earns about 9% on invested capital, below its ~9% cost of capital, but has diluted owners by 174% over 5 years — no moat visible in the numbers. The estimate methods put fair value between $0.14 and $2.72 a share.Whether it’s worth owning at today’s price is the last question — and yours to answer, below.

i. The business — what you’d actually own
FigureFY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$497.9M1$739M2$965.8M3$1.28B3$1.64B3
Net income−$12.7M4−$4.75M5$1.72M6$35.3M6$79.8M6
Operating cash flow$80.4M7$59.9M8$139.9M9$246.4M9$295.5M9
Capital expenditure$118.4M10$187.9M11$228.5M12$221.7M12$241.1M12
Free cash flow (derived)−$38.1M7−$128M8−$88.5M9$24.7M9$54.4M9
Total debt$7.21M13$198.9M14$196.7M15$475.1M16$402.6M16
Cash & equivalents$18.5M17$20.2M18$133.5M19$293.4M20$269.4M20
Diluted shares45.9M51.9M62.1M104.1M125.8M

Superscripts are receipts. Each links to the SEC filing the number came from (full list at the bottom).

ii. Your slice — ownership made literal
If you owned
shares
Net assets behind them
$54.13
your share of equity
Profit it earned you last year
$6.35
Free cash flow it threw off
$4.33
Debt you’d be carrying
$32.02

10 shares is a claim on $54.13 of net worth that earned you $6.35 and generated $4.33 of cash last year, against $32.02 of debt.

iii. Is this a good business?
Moat signal · return on invested capital
9% avg · 5y
FY21 FY22 FY23 2%FY24 9%FY25 14%

It earned about 9% on invested capital against a ~9% cost of capital — below the cost of funding. The numbers show no moat.

seeing a moat in the numbers →
Management signal · capital allocation
+174% shares · 5y

Share count is up 174% over 5 years — owners have been diluted. Worth asking what they got for it. Total debt has risen 5483% over the same window.

reading capital allocation →

Signals, not verdicts — read from the filings above. Numbers don’t prove a moat; they show its footprint. You decide.

iv. What it’s worth — engine v0.5.0

The 3 estimate methods that apply put fair value between $0.14 and $2.72 a share. They rest on different assumptions, so where they diverge is the story; the Graham Number is a stricter floor, not a target.

DCF · Growth Exit 10Y
$2.72
assumptions (10)
  • riskFreeRate4.7%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • terminalGrowth2.5%
  • projectionYears10
  • fcfGrowth5.0%
  • fcfBase$24.7M
DCF · Growth Exit 5Y
$2.43
assumptions (10)
  • riskFreeRate4.7%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • terminalGrowth2.5%
  • projectionYears5
  • fcfGrowth5.0%
  • fcfBase$24.7M
Earnings Power Value
$0.14
assumptions (8)
  • riskFreeRate4.7%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • normalizedEarnings$1.72M
  • growthAssumed0.0%
Graham Number
$8.83
assumptions (1)
  • grahamMultiplier2250.0%

Different models answer different questions — which to trust when →

v. The price question — last, on purpose
Is today’s price fair?
See live price ↗
Type a price. The ledger answers.
Or set your own belief
FCF growth, next 5 years5.0%
Discount rate (WACC)8.93%
Terminal growth2.5%
At your growth, a share is worth $2.43
The three cases
Bear0.0%$1.75
Base5.0%$2.43
Bull10.0%$3.24

Bear/base/bull growth = 0% / filed history / history + 5pp. Type a price to see the return each case implies.

Default growth 5.0%= this company’s own filed history (median-to-median FCF CAGR, clamped 0–20%). Your adjustments are recorded anonymously. They become the “what do owners actually believe” dataset.

Sources — the receipts
  1. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001866581-24-000038 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  2. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001866581-25-000048 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  3. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001866581-26-000006 (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
  4. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001866581-24-000038 (NetIncomeLoss)
  5. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001866581-25-000048 (NetIncomeLoss)
  6. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001866581-26-000006 (NetIncomeLoss)
  7. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001866581-24-000038 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  8. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001866581-25-000048 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  9. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001866581-26-000006 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  10. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001866581-24-000038 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  11. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001866581-25-000048 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  12. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001866581-26-000006 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  13. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001866581-23-000038 (LongTermDebtNoncurrent)
  14. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001866581-24-000038 (LongTermDebtNoncurrent)
  15. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001866581-25-000048 (LongTermDebtNoncurrent)
  16. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001866581-26-000006 (LongTermDebtNoncurrent)
  17. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001866581-23-000038 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  18. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001866581-24-000038 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  19. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001866581-25-000048 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  20. 10-K · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001866581-26-000006 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)