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BT Brands, Inc.

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BT Brands, Inc.

BTBD·NASDAQ·Trade & Services·CIK 0001718224

BT Brands, Inc. operates in the food service industry, owning and operating restaurants and holding a minority interest in an unconsolidated affiliate that also operates restaurants. As of December 28, 2025, the company directly owned and operated nine restaurants across the Midwest, Massachusetts, and Florida. These include six Burger Time fast-food restaurants located in the North Central region of the United States, Keegan's Seafood Grille, a casual seafood restaurant in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, Pie In The Sky Coffee, a coffee shop and bakery in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Schnitzel Haus, a German-themed fine dining restaurant and bar in Hobe Sound, Florida. A Burger Time in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, closed in 2024, another in Ham Lake, Minnesota, closed at the end of 2024, and a Minot, North Dakota, location closed in July 2025. Additionally, Village Bier Garten in Cocoa, Florida, ceased operations in January 2025. BT Brands also holds a 40.7% interest in Bagger Dave's Burger Tavern, Inc. (BDVB), an unconsolidated affiliate that operates five casual-dining restaurants in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, bringing the total operating restaurant locations to 14. The company utilizes a centralized management structure to achieve company-wide efficiencies.

BT Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ:BTBD) is a publicly traded company in the Trade & Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 13 items for BTBD at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-17, rated 8/10. Across its 13 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 8 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for BTBD spans 10-Q, 8-K, S-4/A, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • BT Brands Posts Q2 Profit, but Flags Material Weakness and $1.5M Aero Claim
  • BT Brands CFO and Director Resigns Amidst Post-Merger Termination Challenges
  • BT Brands Reports Widened Q1 Loss, Faces $1.5M Legal Claim Post-Merger Termination
  • BT Brands Terminates Highly Dilutive Merger with Aero Velocity; Dispute Arises
  • BT Brands Scraps Highly Dilutive Aero Velocity Merger, Citing SEC Deadline Miss

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 28, 2025
Revenue
$13.49M
Net Income
-$687.84K
Diluted EPS
-$0.11
Op. Cash Flow
$284.88K
Free Cash Flow
$111.95K
Operating Income
-$364.58K
Cash & Equivalents
$846.17K
Total Debt
$2.09M
Debt / Equity
0.33×
Net Margin
-5.1%
Shares Outstanding
6.15M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-03-31 · accession 0001477932-26-001755

Short Interest & Short Volume

1.00 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 15,799 shares in BTBD as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 55.1% decrease from the prior period — about 1.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 25.7% of BTBD volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)15,799 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 55.1%
Days to cover1.00 at avg daily volume of 36,346
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)25.7% of 522 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume59.1%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$1.87
52-week range · as of 2026-08-17 $1.03 – $4.5
Market cap
$11.16M
Volume
1.9K (0.1× avg)
3-mo avg 31.1K
Live data · 2026-10-03 23:00 UTC · Market closed

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Apr 14, 2026, 4:25 PM EDT
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Apr 14, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT
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Price at Filing: $2.55
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Mar 31, 2026, 7:46 AM EDT
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Change: +$0.270 (+17%) info
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Mar 30, 2026, 2:41 PM EDT
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Change: +$0.2973 (+19%) info
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Mar 26, 2026, 4:31 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $1.62
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Change: +$0.2494 (+15%) info
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Feb 23, 2026, 3:37 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $1.30
Real-time Price: $1.87 info
Change: +$0.570 (+44%) info
Market Cap: $11.163M info
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Jan 20, 2026, 5:02 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $1.49
Real-time Price: $1.87 info
Change: +$0.380 (+26%) info
Market Cap: $11.163M info
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