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How winners are chosen

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
Pekoe Tea Bar logoCAverage
Pekoe Tea Bar
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Wingstop logoAStrongest tier
Wingstop
Quick-Service Restaurants
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The Honey Baked Ham Co. logoAStrongest tier
The Honey Baked Ham Co.
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$496K – $855K
$310K – $1.0M
$514K – $830K
Liquid capital
$25K – $50K
$25K – $40K
$25K – $50K
Franchise fee
$40K
$25K
$20K
Royalty rate
6.0%
6.0%
6.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
5.5%
3.3%
Performance
Avg gross sales
N/A
$2.0M
$984KNet sales
Median gross sales
N/A
$1.9M
$923K
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
$107K
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
EBITDA $106,752 / 11.1%
Risk
Rating
CAverage
AStrongest tier
AStrongest tier
Verdict score
39 / 100
93 / 100
91 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
N/A
8.4%
0.0%
SBA loans on record
N/A
465
17
Scale
Total units
5
2,586
448
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
10
Renewal term (years)
10
10
5
Initial training (hrs)
40
174
191
Contacts
Franchisee phones
1
1,235
219

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