Guzman y Gomez profits jump 44.9% despite US wider losses

The brand continues to profit from strong interest from Australian consumers.

Guzman y Gomez posted a 44.9% jump in statutory profit after tax of $10.58m for the first half of the year-ending 31 December 2025, driven mostly by strong earnings in Australia.

Underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) was $16.85m, with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation*, and amortization (EBITDA) reaching $40.93m, a 29.6% surge from a year before.

In the Australia segment, which GYG includes restaurants operating in Singapore and Japan, the group reported an underlying EBITDA of $41.3m, an increase of 30% compared to last year.

GYG has 87 corporate and 150 franchise restaurants in Australia, whilst it has 22 restaurants in Singapore and five in Japan, both of which are operated by a a master franchisee.

Meawnhile, lunch, afternoon, and dinner segments drove most of the sales mix for Australia segment at 82%, a dip from 84% from last year. The group however, saw an uptic in after 9PM sales, increasing 11% to 9%.

The shift in segment follows GYG’s focus in increasing restaurants operating in a 24 hour capacity. It currently has 31 restaurants operating 24 hours a day. As of 31 December 2025, GYG has 126 drive-thrus, 73 strip restaurants, 38 of other restaurants.

US loss widens

Meanwhile, GYG reported an underlying EBITDA loss of $8.3m, a 65.7% increase from last year’s losses.

Network sales grew 67% whilst comparable sales grew 2.9%. GYG said this was largely due to unseasonable weather conditions.

“We want to stress that this is a start-up business. Our comp sales base consists of 2.9% from just four restaurants today, and as a result this metric will fluctuate over short periods of time. Despite this, we want to be clear that sales momentum is our key measure of progress in the US and that we need to accelerate sales momentum above current leves,” according to the letter to shareholders by the co-CEOs.

The group said it expects that US losses to increase slightly in FY2026.