beef and dairy
“10-K Item 1A: 'A significant component of our restaurant business costs is related to food commodities, including beef and dairy products'”
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The most significant concentration Biglari Holdings discloses is beef and dairy, classified MEDIUM by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Biglari Holdings’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
“10-K Item 1A: 'A significant component of our restaurant business costs is related to food commodities, including beef and dairy products'”
Biglari Holdings' 10-K discloses a single concentration exposure: beef and dairy commodities are called out as a significant component of the restaurant business's costs, a medium-share, structural exposure rather than a customer- or counterparty-specific dependency. Because commodity costs of this kind move with broader agricultural and dairy markets, this exposure is macro-cyclical — it affects the entire casual-dining and steakhouse sector rather than reflecting anything idiosyncratic to Biglari's operations. With no customer, geographic, or supplier concentration disclosed beyond this commodity item, the filing does not point to a counterparty whose loss or renegotiation could single-handedly move results. The practical read for investors is that Biglari's restaurant segment carries ordinary input-cost sensitivity to beef and dairy prices, a risk shared with peers, and the absence of any other disclosed concentration suggests the company's revenue base and supply chain are not otherwise unusually dependent on a narrow set of counterparties. This is a manageable, sector-typical exposure rather than a red flag.
For the engine’s reasoning on BH’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJRI | BJ's Restaurants, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| BLMN | Bloomin' Brands, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BH● | Biglari Holdings Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| BH-A | Biglari Holdings Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| BROS | Dutch Bros Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CAKE | The Cheesecake Factory Incorpor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.