Dutch Bros Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results

Achieves 29% Revenue Growth Year-Over-Year in the Fourth Quarter

Delivers 7.7% System Same Shop Sales Growth, Including 5.4% System Same Shop Transaction Growth in the Fourth Quarter

Delivers 19th Consecutive Year of Positive Same Shop Sales Growth

Dutch Bros Inc. (NYSE:BROS, "Dutch Bros" or the "Company")), one of the fastest-growing brands in the U.S. quick service beverage industry, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2025.

Fourth Quarter 2025 Highlights

• Opened 55 new shops, 52 of which were company-operated, across 17 states.
• Total revenues grew 29.4% to $443.6 million as compared to $342.8 million in the same period of 2024.
• Systemwide same shop sales¹ increased 7.7% and systemwide same shop transactions increased 5.4% relative to the same period in 2024. Company-operated same shop sales¹ increased 9.7% and company-operated same shop transactions increased 7.6% relative to the same period of 2024.
• Net income was $29.2 million as compared to $6.4 million in the same period of 2024.
• Adjusted EBITDA² grew 48.8% to $72.6 million as compared to $48.8 million in the same period of 2024.

Christine Barone, Chief Executive Officer and President of Dutch Bros, said, "The results of our fourth quarter and full year 2025 show that five years into our journey as a public company, Dutch Bros not only delivered a record-breaking year, but reinforced our well-defined path of sustainable, profitable growth. This continued growth is a powerful testament to our culture, proving that the playbook of authentic human connection, industry-leading innovation, and incredible depth in field leadership is the ultimate engine for scaling this business. We believe we have the right energy and the right strategy to continue winning market share for years to come."

Barone continued, "In the fourth quarter, we delivered outstanding revenue growth of 29%, system same shop sales growth of 7.7%, and company-operated same shop sales growth of 9.7%. This strong topline performance was driven by increases in transactions and a value proposition that clearly hit home with our customers – an unmistakable indicator of the magnetic strength of the Dutch Bros brand. We also saw exceptional adjusted EBITDA growth of 49%, which significantly outpaced topline momentum and enabled continued investment in our people and the initiatives driving our growth."

Josh Guenser, Chief Financial Officer of Dutch Bros, concluded, "Our confidence in delivering our goal of 2,029 shops in 2029 has never been higher, as we expanded our footprint into seven contiguous states while delivering record AUVs of $2.1 million in 2025."

Full Year 2025 Highlights

• Opened 154 new shops, 141 of which were company-operated, across 22 states.
• Total revenues grew 27.9% to $1.64 billion as compared to $1.28 billion in 2024.
• System same shop sales¹ increased 5.6% and systemwide same shop transactions increased 3.2% compared to 2024. Company-operated same shop sales¹ and transactions increased 7.4% and 5.4%, respectively, compared to 2024.
• Net income was $117.3 million as compared to $66.5 million in 2024.
• Adjusted EBITDA², a non-GAAP financial measure, increased 31.4% to $302.6 million as compared to $230.3 million in 2024.

2026 Guidance

• Total revenues are projected to be between approximately $2 billion and $2.03 billion.
• Same shop sales¹ growth is estimated to be in the range of 3% to 5%.
• Adjusted EBITDA³ is estimated to be between $355 million and $365 million, which includes the continued impact of elevated coffee costs, partially offset by leverage on Adjusted SG&A.
• Capital expenditures are estimated to be between $270 million and $290 million.
• Total system shop openings are estimated to be at least 181.

Conference Call and Webcast Today

Christine Barone, Chief Executive Officer and President, and Joshua Guenser, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call and webcast today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2025.

Event: Fourth Quarter 2025 Conference Call and Webcast

Date: Thursday, February 12, 2026

Time: 5:00 p.m. ET

Dial In: 1-201-493-6779

Webcast: https://investors.dutchbros.com under "Events & Presentations".

The webcast will be archived shortly after the conference call has concluded. We will also publish earnings presentation slides related to these financial results on our website https://investors.dutchbros.com under "Events & Presentations".

About Dutch Bros Inc.

Dutch Bros Inc. (NYSE:BROS) is a high-growth operator and franchisor of drive-thru shops that focus on serving high QUALITY, hand-crafted beverages with unparalleled SPEED and superior SERVICE.

Founded in 1992 by brothers Dane and Travis Boersma, Dutch Bros began with a double-head espresso machine and a pushcart in Grants Pass, Oregon. While espresso-based beverages are still at the core of what we do, Dutch Bros now offers a wide variety of unique, customizable cold and hot beverages that delight a broad array of customers. We believe Dutch Bros is more than just the products we serve—we are dedicated to making a massive difference in the lives of our employees, customers and communities. This combination of hand-crafted and high-quality beverages, our unique drive-thru experience and our community-driven, people-first culture has allowed us to successfully open new shops and continue to share the "Dutch Luv" at 1,136 locations across 25 states as of December 31, 2025.

To learn more about Dutch Bros, visit www.dutchbros.com, follow Dutch Bros Coffee on Instagram, Facebook, X, and TikTok, and download the Dutch Bros app to earn points and score rewards!

Dutch Bros, our Windmill logo, Dutch Bros Rebel, and our other registered and common law trade names, trademarks and service marks are the property of Dutch Bros Inc. All other trademarks, trade names and service marks appearing in this press release are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, the trademarks and trade names in this press release may be referred to without the ® and ™ symbols, but such references should not be construed as any indicator that their respective owners will not assert their rights thereto.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this press release contains a number of "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, Dutch Bros' growth trajectory, and Dutch Bros' potential or assumed future results of operations, including updated guidance for 2025, new shop openings, estimated capital expenditures, business strategies, and potential sales and revenue growth. These statements are based on Dutch Bros' current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events. When used in this press release, the words "intend," "may," "target," "estimates," "predict," "project," "expect," "should," "guidance," "optimistic," and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Dutch Bros' control that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements, including those related to past growth being indicative of future results, whether Dutch Bros' multi-year initiatives, including mobile order capabilities and expansion of such capabilities, increase of customer engagement and sales, the success of Dutch Bros' food offering sales translating to sales of food offerings in other markets, changes in consumer preference due to new information or regulations regarding additives, diet and health or otherwise, general economic conditions, commodity inflation, the ability to navigate evolving macroeconomic conditions, the effects of disruption between the U.S. and its trading partners due to tariffs or other policies, increased labor costs, disruptions in our supply chain, ability to hire and retain employees, the availability of suitable new shop sites and our ability to negotiate acceptable agreements regarding the new shop sites, and other risks, including those described in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 filed with the SEC on November 5, 2025, and in our future reports to be filed with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of this date, and Dutch Bros undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to disclosing financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP, this press release contains references to the non-GAAP financial measures below. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplemental information about our operating performance, enable comparison of financial trends and results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance, and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in operating our business and measuring our performance.

Our non-GAAP financial measures reflect adjustments based on one or more of the following items, as well as the related income tax effects where applicable. Income tax effects have been calculated based on the combined total non-GAAP adjustments using our total effective tax rate. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and the financial results calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP and reconciliations from these results should be carefully evaluated.

Company-operated shops contribution (in dollars and as a percentage of revenue)

Definition and/or calculation

Company-operated shops segment gross profit, before company-operated shops depreciation and amortization.

Usefulness to management and investors

This non-GAAP measure is used by our management in making performance decisions without the impact of non-cash depreciation and amortization charges. This is a standard metric used across our industry by investors.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA (in dollars and as a percentage of revenue)

EBITDA — definition and/or calculation

Net income before interest expense (net of interest income), income tax expense, and depreciation and amortization expense.

Adjusted EBITDA — definition and/or calculation

Defined as EBITDA (as defined above), excluding equity-based compensation, expenses associated with equity offerings, expenses associated with credit facility refinancing, executives transitions costs, (gain) loss on the remeasurement of the liability related to the Tax Receivable Agreements (TRAs), sale of Aircraft, and organization realignment and restructurings costs.

Usefulness to management and investors

These non-GAAP measures are supplemental operating performance measures we believe facilitate comparisons to historical performance and competitors' operating results. We believe these non-GAAP measures presented provide investors with a supplemental view of our operating performance that facilitates analysis and comparisons of our ongoing business operations because they exclude items that may not be indicative of our ongoing operating performance.

Adjusted selling, general, and administrative (in dollars and as a percentage of revenue)

Definition and/or calculation

Selling, general, and administrative expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, equity-based compensation expense, expenses associated with equity offerings, executives transitions costs, and organization realignment and restructurings costs.

Usefulness to management and investors

This non-GAAP measure is used as a supplemental measure of operating performance that we believe is useful to evaluate our performance period over period and relative to our competitors. We believe the non-GAAP measure presented provides investors with a supplemental view of our operating performance that facilitates analysis and comparisons of our ongoing business operations because it excludes items that may not be indicative of our ongoing operating performance.

Adjusted net income

Definition and/or calculation

Net income, excluding equity-based compensation expense, sale of Aircraft, organization realignment and restructurings costs, and income tax effects of items excluded from net income.

Usefulness to management and investors

This non-GAAP measure is used as a supplemental measure of operating performance that we believe is useful to evaluate our performance period over period and relative to our competitors. We believe this measure facilitates a better comparison with other companies that have different organizational and tax structures, as well as comparisons period over period.

Adjusted fully exchanged weighted-average shares of diluted common stock outstanding

Definition and/or calculation

Weighted-average shares of Class A and Class D common stock outstanding – basic with addition of dilutive impacts of restricted stock awards and units, as well as the assumed exchange of all of the Dutch Bros OpCo Class A common units not held by Dutch Bros Inc. for Dutch Bros Inc. Class A common stock.

Usefulness to management and investors

This non-GAAP measure is used as a supplemental measure of operating performance that we believe is useful to evaluate our performance period over period and relative to our competitors. By adding in the assumed exchange of all of the outstanding Dutch Bros OpCo Class A common units not held by Dutch Bros Inc. for Dutch Bros Inc. Class A common stock, we believe this measure facilitates a better comparison with other companies that have different organizational and tax structures, as well as comparisons period over period.

Adjusted net income per fully exchanged share of diluted common stock

Definition and/or calculation

Net income per share of Class A and Class D common stock – diluted, excluding per share impacts of equity-based compensation expense, sale of Aircraft, organization realignment and restructurings costs, income tax effects of items excluded from net income, and removal of per share impacts of controlling and non-controlling interests.

Usefulness to management and investors

This non-GAAP measure is used as a supplemental measure of operating performance that we believe is useful to evaluate our performance period over period and relative to our competitors. By assuming the full exchange of all of the outstanding Dutch Bros OpCo Class A common units not held by Dutch Bros Inc. for Dutch Bros Inc. Class A common stock and related net income adjustments, we believe this measure facilitates a better comparison with other companies that have different organizational and tax structures, as well as comparisons period over period.

Non-GAAP adjustments

Below are the definitions of the non-GAAP adjustments that are used in the calculation of our non-GAAP measures, as described above.

Equity-based compensation

Non-cash expenses related to the grant and vesting of stock awards, including restricted stock awards and restricted stock units in Dutch Bros Inc. to certain eligible employees.

Expenses associated with equity offerings

Costs incurred as a result of our equity offerings, including secondary offerings by our Sponsor. These costs include, but are not limited to, legal fees, consulting fees, tax fees, and accounting fees.

Expenses associated with 2022 credit facility refinancing

Costs incurred as a result of refinancing our credit facility in May 2025, including write-off of unamortized loan costs related to the amendment and restatement of our 2022 Credit Facility, and intermediary fees and other costs related to our 2025 Credit Facility.

Executive transitions

Employee severance and related benefit costs, as well as sign-on bonus(es) for several executive level transitions occurring in 2022 and 2023, and amortized through the first quarter of 2024.

TRAs remeasurements

(Gain) loss impacts related to adjustments of our TRAs liabilities.

Sale of Aircraft

Gain impact related to the sale of the Company airplane, hangar and related equipment to our Co-Founder.

Organization realignment and restructurings

Fees and costs, including consulting, employee-related and other costs, in connection with our comprehensive initiatives to develop and implement a long-term strategy involving changes to our organizational structure to support our growth. Our 2024 initiative resulted in realignment activities that occurred in 2023, and restructuring activities to expand our support center operations in Phoenix, Arizona including the build out and move into our new office, that commenced in 2024, and were substantially completed in March 2025. The activities related to our 2025 initiative, which commenced in May 2025 and are expected to continue through the first half of 2026, primarily relate to relocation and streamlining of our remaining back-office operations to our new Phoenix, Arizona corporate headquarters. Given the magnitude and scope of these strategic initiatives, we do not expect such costs will recur in the foreseeable future, and do not consider such costs reflective of the ongoing costs necessary to operate our business.

Dilutive effects of restricted stock awards and units

Addition of incremental shares of restricted stock awards and units calculated under the treasury stock method, when they are dilutive for the calculation of weighted-average shares on a non-GAAP basis.

Assumed exchange of weighted-average LLC interests for shares of Class A common stock

Weighted-average of all outstanding Dutch Bros OpCo Class A common units not held by Dutch Bros Inc. that are assumed to be exchanged for Dutch Bros Inc. Class A common stock.

Controlling and non-controlling interest adjustments

Adjustments to controlling and non-controlling interests to align the numerator of the net income per share to the denominator, which assumes the full exchange of all outstanding Dutch Bros OpCo Class A common units not held by Dutch Bros Inc. for Dutch Bros Inc. Class A common stock.

Supplemental Reconciliations of U.S. GAAP Actuals to Non-GAAP Actuals

Following are the reconciliations of the most comparable GAAP financial measure to non-GAAP financial measure. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and the reconciliations from U.S. GAAP to Non-GAAP measures should be carefully evaluated. Please refer to "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" in this press release for a detailed explanation of the adjustments made to the comparable U.S. GAAP measures, the ways management uses the non-GAAP measures, and the reasons why management believes the non-GAAP measures provide useful information for investors.

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