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Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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Brand	BAbove average Church's Chicken Full-Service Restaurants Remove	BAbove average Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao Full-Service Restaurants Remove	BAbove average JL Beers Full-Service Restaurants Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$1.2M – $1.9M	$1.2M – $1.9M	$1.2M – $1.9M
Liquid capital	$10K – $20K	$50K – $80K	$270K – $330K
Franchise fee	$20K	$60K	$50K
Royalty rate	5.0%	5.0%	4.0%
Ad fund rate	5.0%	1.0%	0.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales	$1.3MOutlet subset	No Item 19 representation	$1.4MIncl. company outletsNet sales
Median gross sales	N/A	N/A	$1.5MIncl. company outlets
Avg owner earnings Metric varies by brand. Check type below	$235K	N/A	N/A
Earnings metric	Restaurant Operating Profit (EBITDAR)	Not classified	Not classified
Risk
Rating	BAbove average	BAbove average	BAbove average
Verdict score	64 / 100	49 / 100	65 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	5.6%	N/A	N/A
SBA loans on record	31	N/A	N/A
Scale
Total units	885	10	10
Net change (latest yr)	+8	0	0
Turnover rate	N/A	0.0%	0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)	20	10	15
Renewal term (years)	10	5	5
Initial training (hrs)	150	380	154
Contacts
Franchisee phones	0	0	5

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