Driven Brands Holdings Inc. (DRVN) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Consumer Cyclical · Auto & Truck Dealerships
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $13.45: Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.4/10. Specifically: High short interest: 24%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Driven Brands is the largest automotive services company in North America with approximately 5,200 locations across 49 U.S. states and 13 other countries under brands including Take 5 Oil Change, Meineke, MAACO, CARSTAR, Take 5 Car Wash, AutoGlassNow, Fix Auto, and... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $13.45: Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.4/10. Specifically: High short interest: 24%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 62. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 4/7 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and earnings proximity 6d<=7d. Suitability: aggressive.
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Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-02-25Item 4.02HIGHAudit Committee concluded material errors exist in financial statements for fiscal years 2024 and 2023 and quarterly periods through Q3 2025. Statements should not be relied upon and require restatement. Primary category: lease accounting errors.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $13.45: Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.4/10. Specifically: High short interest: 24%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 62. Prior stop was $12.50. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $15.95 (+18.6% upside). Prior stop was $12.50. Stop-loss: $12.50.
Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): High leverage (D/E 4.6), Material insider selling (7 sells, 0.07% of cap).
Driven Brands Holdings Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 10.2). TrendMatrix value score: 7.8/10. Verdict: Sell.
16 analysts cover DRVN with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $18.
What does Driven Brands Holdings Inc. do?Driven Brands is the largest automotive services company in North America with approximately 5,200 locations across 49...
Driven Brands is the largest automotive services company in North America with approximately 5,200 locations across 49 U.S. states and 13 other countries under brands including Take 5 Oil Change, Meineke, MAACO, CARSTAR, Take 5 Car Wash, AutoGlassNow, Fix Auto, and 1-800-Radiator. Generated approximately $2.3B in net revenue from approximately $6.5B in system-wide sales in 2024.