Best Deal Ever drove strong Q3; franchisees asked to extend it.
Domino's reported strong Q3 FY2025 with U.S. same-store sales +5.2% driven by Best Deal Ever and Stuffed Crust, but flagged macro pressure intensifying in Q4. Management reiterated full-year 3% US comp guidance but noted risk from slowing restaurant industry. Key cross-company signals include positive outlook for DoorDash/Uber Eats partnership and pressure on master franchisee DPE from store closures. U.S. same-store sales +5.2% in Q3, driven by Best Deal Ever and Stuffed Crust; carryout +8.7%, delivery +2.5%.
Buzzberg readBest Deal Ever drove strong Q3; franchisees asked to extend it.Domino's reported strong Q3 FY2025 with U.S. same-store sales +5.2% driven by Best Deal Ever and Stuffed Crust, but flagged macro pressure intensifying in Q4. Management reiterated full-year 3% US comp guidance but noted risk from slowing restaurant industry. Key cross-company signals include positive outlook for DoorDash/Uber Eats partnership and pressure on master franchisee DPE from store closures. U.S. same-store sales +5.2% in Q3, driven by Best Deal Ever and Stuffed Crust; carryout +8.7%, delivery +2.5%.Read full analysisCollapse analysis
Domino's reported strong Q3 FY2025 with U.S. same-store sales +5.2% driven by Best Deal Ever and Stuffed Crust, but flagged macro pressure intensifying in Q4. Management reiterated full-year 3% US comp guidance but noted risk from slowing restaurant industry. Key cross-company signals include positive outlook for DoorDash/Uber Eats partnership and pressure on master franchisee DPE from store closures. U.S. same-store sales +5.2% in Q3, driven by Best Deal Ever and Stuffed Crust; carryout +8.7%, delivery +2.5%.
DoorDash fully rolled out; management expects it to be a meaningful comp contributor in Q4 and 2026.
DPE (Domino's Pizza Enterprises) closed ~200 stores in the quarter, pressuring international unit growth.
Management reiterated FY2025 guidance: 3% US comp, ~8% operating income growth, 175+ net US stores.
Revenue$1.1471B
reported
EPS$4.08
reported
Gross margin40.09%
reported
Op margin19.46%
reported
What changed this quarter
01
Demand
Best Deal Ever drove strong Q3; franchisees asked to extend it.
Management expressed confidence in ongoing initiatives, market share gains, and long-term growth, while acknowledging macro pressures.
02
Growth
DoorDash fully rolled out; expected to boost Q4 and 2026.
U.S. same-store sales +5.2% in Q3, driven by Best Deal Ever and Stuffed Crust; carryout +8.7%, delivery +2.5%.
03
Technology
Brand refresh and new e-commerce platforms live; apps by year-end.
DoorDash fully rolled out; management expects it to be a meaningful comp contributor in Q4 and 2026.
04
Macro
Macro pressures intensifying in Q4; comp guidance maintained but at risk.
DPE (Domino's Pizza Enterprises) closed ~200 stores in the quarter, pressuring international unit growth.
Demand
Demand
Bookings & conversion
Best Deal Ever drove strong Q3; franchisees asked to extend it.. Management expressed confidence in ongoing initiatives, market share gains, and long-term growth, while acknowledging macro pressures.
Tone · Confident
Management expressed confidence in ongoing initiatives, market share gains, and long-term growth, while acknowledging macro pressures.
Supply-chain alpha
A1
Domino's has only one-in-three pizza delivery share but significantly lower share on aggregators, implying multi-year volume growth for DoorDash and Uber Eats as Domino's closes the gap.
Competitors on aggregators are using unsustainable pricing, which Domino's can match profitably due to scale and purchasing power, likely leading to further share gains.
“There is pricing that in some places for the competition is probably not sustainable. And over time, that's what's going to enable us to grow to our fair share.”
Competitors on aggregators are using unsustainable pricing, which Domino's can match profitably due to scale and purchasing power, likely leading to further share gains. — Sustainable discounting gives Domino's a structural advantage on 3rd-party platforms, potentially driving higher order volume and pressuring smaller competitors.
“We continue to expect our sales on DoorDash to grow as awareness and marketing increases and believe this will be a meaningful contributor to our U.S. comps in Q4 and as we move into 2026.”
… menu. In addition, customers prefer the taste of Bread Bites over twists, and love that they can get 32 bread bites for $6.99 as part of our mix and match deal. Another part of our renowned value barbell strategy is tapping into the aggregator marketplace for pizza delivery. Q3 marked the first quarter where we were fully rolled out on DoorDash, and we remain encouraged about its long-term potential for our business. We continue to expect our sales on DoorDash to grow as awareness and marketing increases and believe this will be a meaningful contributor to our U.S. comps in Q4 and as we move into 2026. I wanted to quickly touch on the progress we continue to make on the upgrades to our e-commerce platforms. I'm excited to announce that we are now fully live with our website and mobile web experiences, where our goal prior to full launch was to see our conversion equal to or better than our old platforms. The new site does just that. It's much quicker, in particular during the checkout process, which provides a better user experience. The apps come next, and our goal is to have them rolled out by the end of the year. Next is something our entire system is buzzing about. We are …
Great. Thank you very much. Just a question looking outside the U.S. As we close 2025 here, just wondering if you have any initial thoughts that you can share in your confidence in re-accelerating that international unit growth. I think in 24 and now in 25, you're talking about maybe 615 units net, which is just sub 4% growth. I know that's below your long-term 975 net annually. And I think DPE is seemingly the greatest headwind. So any early color, as we assume new unit growth visibility, probably better than comp. So assume there's some at least idea as to where that directionally could go next year versus this year. Thank you.
Yeah, and I'll just probably add a couple of points to that. I think Russell just mentioned China. I think India's got a different fiscal calendar, but it's about 250 stores is what they're expecting for their fiscal calendar. But if you think about what's really happened in 2025, we really have been pressured by DPE store closures, which are around 200 stores that have closed in the first quarter. And I think what we're saying is, from what we've understood from DPE to this point, most of the store closures should be behind us, assuming that we don't have any further deceleration in same-store sales trends. But I think on a going-forward basis, we need to make sure that we have good visibility to the potential paybacks from new store openings to really understand what the flex on that is going to be for DPE. And they're working on it. But I think overall, we feel that everything outside of DPE is tracking the plans. And so both in 25 as well as in 26, and that continues to be our expectation.
Competitors on aggregators are using unsustainable pricing, which Domino's can match profitably due to scale and purchasing power, likely leading to further share gains. — Sustainable discounting gives Domino's a structural advantage on 3rd-party platforms, potentially driving higher order volume and pressuring smaller competitors.
Thanks. Russell, I was just hoping maybe you can make a comment about the overall delivery market and what you're seeing, not just from a consumer standpoint, but competitively. It looks like from where we're sitting, there is a lot of maybe desperate discounting promotional activity on the third-party sites right now. Effectively, it's the industry's version of stuffing the channel late in the quarter. You saw a lot of this activity, and we're seeing these deals pop up on our app. Could you speak to the broader ecosystem of delivery right now and what's happening there and how you see this playing out? Is this sustainable? What does it mean for you and maybe the pizza category? Thanks.
We get excited about delivery here at Domino's Pizza. I'd say, you know, one addition to that is, you know, this is why I'm so bullish about our long-term prospects on aggregators. You know, we deliver like one in every three pizzas out there. We're not at that share yet on aggregators. And I think a lot of that is because, well, one, we just got on DoorDash, but we're still growing. And there is pricing that in some places for the competition is probably not sustainable. And over time, that's what's going to enable us to grow to our fair share. And that's why I think aggregators are a multi-year tailwind for us.
Domino's has only one-in-three pizza delivery share but significantly lower share on aggregators, implying multi-year volume growth for DoorDash and Uber Eats as Domino's closes the gap.
Thanks. Russell, I was just hoping maybe you can make a comment about the overall delivery market and what you're seeing, not just from a consumer standpoint, but competitively. It looks like from where we're sitting, there is a lot of maybe desperate discounting promotional activity on the third-party sites right now. Effectively, it's the industry's version of stuffing the channel late in the quarter. You saw a lot of this activity, and we're seeing these deals pop up on our app. Could you speak to the broader ecosystem of delivery right now and what's happening there and how you see this playing out? Is this sustainable? What does it mean for you and maybe the pizza category? Thanks.
We get excited about delivery here at Domino's Pizza. I'd say, you know, one addition to that is, you know, this is why I'm so bullish about our long-term prospects on aggregators. You know, we deliver like one in every three pizzas out there. We're not at that share yet on aggregators. And I think a lot of that is because, well, one, we just got on DoorDash, but we're still growing. And there is pricing that in some places for the competition is probably not sustainable. And over time, that's what's going to enable us to grow to our fair share. And that's why I think aggregators are a multi-year tailwind for us.
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