Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for DRVN in the last 90 days.
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NASDAQ: DRVN
Driven Brands (DRVN) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$11.78+0.06 (+0.5%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeThis week's news for Driven Brands centers on its Q2 2026 results and the activist pressure that followed. The company reported revenue up 7% to $507 million (also cited as $507.4 million), adjusted EBITDA of $107 million, and system-wide sales growth of 5% to $1.6 billion, while guidance for full-year adjusted EBITDA is expected to land at the lower end amid consumer pressure, oil costs and restatement expenses. Alongside this, Driven Brands launched a $100 million share buyback, ADW Capital Management disclosed a 4.8% stake and urged a public sale process after the board rejected its $18 per share offer, Kuehn Law opened an investigation into alleged fiduciary breaches, and BofA downgraded the stock to Underperform with a $12.00 price target.
Shares closed at $11.78, down 0.5% on the day, sitting below both the 50-day average of $12.60 and the 200-day average of $13.52, with the 50-day below the 200-day. The GekkoIndex reads 63.8, in the Accumulation zone. Price sits 16% below Gekko Fair Value of $14.03.
The next 20 trading days bring the Q3 2026 earnings report on 3 November, with analysts anticipating $0.2845 per share on revenue of $516.18 million, a year-over-year decline in both metrics. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in their respective windows. Seasonally, this calendar stretch has averaged a 20-day return of 4.5% over five years, rising in 3 of them, a pattern worth noting alongside the earnings timing.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Driven Brands price vs fair value
Close $11.78200-day averageGekko Fair Value $14.03
Driven Brands quick facts
- Market cap
- $1.94B
- P/E ratio
- 11.9
- Forward P/E
- 8.6
- EPS, TTM
- $0.99
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.93B
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.96
- Volume
- 617,852 avg 1.07M
- 1-year return
- −17.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6%
- 50-day average
- $12.60
- 200-day average
- $13.52
- Next earnings
- Nov 3 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 165.0M
Driven Brands swing-trade checklist
Driven Brands scores 3 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $11.78 is below the 50-day ($12.60) and 200-day ($13.52) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
63.8, Accumulation
Reading 63.8 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
16.0% below
Price is 16% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 22 days
Reports on Nov 3, 2026, 22 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+4.5% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +4.5% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Driven Brands stock chart and price history
Driven Brands closed at $11.78 on Oct 12, 2026, −17.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $9.80 to $17.30.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −3.0%
- 3 months
- −23.9%
- 6 months
- −8.0%
- 1 year
- −17.8%
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About Driven Brands
Driven Brands provides automotive services to everyday drivers and commercial clients throughout the United States, Canada, and other international markets. Its work spans paint and collision repair, glass replacement, general maintenance and mechanical fixes, car washing, and oil changes, delivered under a collection of well-known names such as Take 5 Oil Change, CARSTAR, ABRA, Fix Auto, Maaco, Meineke, and 1-800-Radiator & A/C, among others.
Beyond running service locations, the company distributes automotive parts and consumables, including radiators, air conditioning components, exhaust systems, windshields, oil filters, and wiper blades, supplying repair shops, parts retailers, and body shops. It also trains professionals working in repair, maintenance, and body shop fields through its Automotive Training Institute. Its locations are run through a combination of company ownership, franchising, and independent operation.
Driven Brands was established in 1972 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker DRVN.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Other consumer services
- Website
- drivenbrands.com
Driven Brands GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Driven Brands’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 63.8, in the Accumulation zone, down 1 point over five sessions.
63.8Accumulation
Down 1 point over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 47 | +0.2% | +4.9% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 186 | +1.7% | +4.8% | ||
| Neutral | 431 | −0.5% | −1.9% | ||
| Distribution | 17 | −1.7% | +1.3% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average DRVN share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Driven Brands stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Driven Brands trades 16.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $14.03, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Driven Brands shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$14.03
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
16.0% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 20.6% below the estimate.
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Driven Brands insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Driven Brands, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in DRVN were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Driven Brands has been buying back its own shares.
- Latest authorization
- $100.0M, Sep 15, 2026
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 27, 2026
- $2.15M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.11%
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
2of the funds Gekko tracks hold DRVN.
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Driven Brands earnings: next date and track record
Driven Brands reports on Nov 3, 2026, before the open (22 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 3, 2026
Expected before the open, 22 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.28
- Revenue estimate
- $516.2M
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.7%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 6, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Driven Brands Q2 2026 showed system-wide sales growth of 5% to $1.6B, revenue up 7% to $507M, and adjusted EBITDA of $107M. Take 5 delivered its 24th consecutive quarter of same-store sales growth at 3.6%, with system-wide sales up 13%. Net leverage reduced to 3.1x. Total footprint grew 5% to 4,300+ locations, adding 192 net new stores over 12 months.
- Guidance
- Management is approaching H2 with caution amid K-shaped consumer pressures, rising oil prices, and macro volatility. Take 5 targets 150+ annual new unit openings toward a 2,500+ location goal, supported by an 800-unit pipeline.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.29 est $0.26 | $507.4M est $506.3M | −8.8% |
| Jun 11, 2026 | $0.30 est $0.24 | $484.4M est $480.8M | −0.8% |
| May 12, 2026 | $0.34 est $0.24 | $460.1M est $454.9M | −4.3% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.00 est $0.28 | — | −0.1% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.34 est $0.29 | $535.7M est $459.5M | +1.7% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.36 est $0.34 | $551.0M est $537.1M | +2.2% |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.27 est $0.23 | $516.2M est $540.9M | +5.2% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.30 est $0.17 | $564.1M est $604.7M | +6.7% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Driven Brands stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Driven Brands is $16.09, +36.6% from the last close, from 9 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$16.09consensus 12-month target, +36.6% from the last close
Now $11.78Avg $16.09
Low $12High $18
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 9 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | Barclays | $14 | +18.8% |
| Sep 15 | Goldman Sachs | $15 | +27.3% |
| Sep 10 | Bank of America Securities | $12 | +1.9% |
| Sep 10 | Canaccord Genuity | $18 | +52.8% |
| Aug 7 | Canaccord Genuity | $17 | +44.3% |
+4.8%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+4.5%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.9%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Driven Brands seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Driven Brands averaged +4.5% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +4.8% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +4.9% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +3.8% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +4.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +6.1% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, DRVN’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6%.
Driven Brands market cap and key statistics
Driven Brands’s market cap is $1.94B, with a P/E ratio of 11.9 and revenue of $1.93B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $1.94B
- P/E ratio
- 11.9
- Forward P/E
- 8.6
- EPS, TTM
- $0.99
- Gekko Fair Value
- $14.03
Trading
- Volume
- 617,852
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.07M
- 52-week high
- $17.30
- 52-week low
- $9.80
- Shares outstanding
- 165.0M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.93B
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Return on equity
- 20.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −37.0%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.96
- Typical daily move
- ±2.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6%
Driven Brands stock news this week
Coverage of Driven Brands this week reads negative: 2 positive, 3 neutral and 3 negative headlines.
- Technical Reactions to DRVN Trends in Macro StrategiesStock Traders Daily, Oct 11
- Driven Brands Q3 2026 Earnings Date and EstimatesMarketBeat, Oct 9
- Driven Brands stock reports Q2 growth as guidance leans lowAD HOC NEWS, Oct 8
- ADW Capital urges Driven Brands to launch public sale process after rejecting $18 offerscanx.trade, Oct 7
- Kuehn Law probes Driven Brands Holdings for alleged control failuresscanx.trade, Oct 7
- Driven Brands Hldgs Q2 2026 Earnings Call: Complete TranscriptBenzinga, Oct 6
Driven Brands peers
Driven Brands’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| BKNGBooking | Accumulation | 28.5% below |
| EXPEExpedia | Neutral | 2.6% below |
| SCIService Corporation International | Accumulation | 2.1% above |
| LTHLife Time | Accumulation | 15.7% below |
| ANDGAndersen | Neutral | 8.0% below |
| HRBH&R Block | Neutral | 38.0% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Driven Brands stock FAQ
What is Driven Brands’s market cap?
Driven Brands’s market cap is $1.94B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $11.78, with 165.0M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 11.9.
What is the Driven Brands stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Driven Brands is $16.09, +36.6% from the last close. Of the 9 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 6 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Driven Brands stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Driven Brands is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $11.78 is 16.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $14.03. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Driven Brands report earnings next?
Driven Brands is expected to report on Nov 3, 2026, before the market opens (22 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.28 per share on revenue of $516.2M. Driven Brands beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.7% on average across the report.
What is Driven Brands’s 52-week high and low?
Driven Brands’s 52-week high is $17.30 and its 52-week low is $9.80; it closed at $11.78 on Oct 12, 2026, −17.8% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $35.45 on Sep 12, 2022.
Is Driven Brands stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality) and 2 as headwinds (trend and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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