Biglari Holdings Inc.: Form 10-Q for the period ended Sep 30, 2025
Filed with the SEC on Nov 7, 2025 and accepted by EDGAR at Nov 7, 2025, 21:04 ET.
Management's discussion and analysis
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Financial Condition
Consolidated cash and investments are summarized below.
| September 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | $272,485 | $30,709 |
| Investments | 96,684 | 102,975 |
| Fair value of interest in investment partnerships | 748,015 | 656,266 |
| Total cash and investments | 1,117,184 | 789,950 |
| Less: portion of Company stock held by investment partnerships | (568,855) | (454,539) |
| Carrying value of cash and investments on balance sheet | $548,329 | $335,411 |
Unrealized gains/losses of Biglari Holdings’ stock held by the investment partnerships are eliminated in the Company’s consolidated financial results.
Liquidity
Our balance sheet continues to maintain significant liquidity. Consolidated cash flow activities are summarized below.
| First Nine Months 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $89,188 | $31,665 |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (36,200) | (34,916) |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 188,722 | 4,869 |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | 54 | (42) |
| Increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $241,764 | $1,576 |
In 2025, cash from operating activities increased by $57,523 as compared to 2024. The change was primarily attributable to $54,000 of distributions from investment partnerships during 2025.
Cash used in investing activities increased during 2025 by $1,284 as compared to 2024 primarily due to a reduction in proceeds from the sale of property and equipment.
Cash provided by financing activities increased during 2025 by $183,853 as compared to 2024 primarily due to a note payable of $225,000 to Steak n Shake on September 30, 2025.
Biglari Holdings Line of Credit
Biglari Holdings’ line of credit was amended on September 13, 2024, and the available line of credit was increased to $35,000. The line of credit matures on September 13, 2026. The line of credit includes customary covenants, as well as financial maintenance covenants. As of September 30, 2025, we were in compliance with all covenants. The balance on the line of credit was $15,000 and $35,000 on September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
On November 8, 2024, Biglari Holdings entered into a line of credit in an aggregate principal amount of up to $75,000. The line of credit was terminated on September 29, 2025.
Steak n Shake Note Payable
On September 30, 2025, Steak n Shake obtained a loan of $225,000. The term of the loan is five years, with an interest rate fixed at 8.8% per annum, and the loan will be amortized at a rate of 3.0% per annum. The loan includes customary covenants as well as financial maintenance covenants and customary events of default. The debt is an obligation of Steak n Shake and the proceeds from the loan were distributed to Biglari Holdings. All of the debt is secured by real estate owned by Steak n Shake.
Western Sizzlin Revolver
Western Sizzlin’s available line of credit is $500. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, Western Sizzlin had no debt outstanding on its revolver.
Critical Accounting Policies
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Certain accounting policies require management to make estimates and judgments concerning transactions that will be settled several years in the future. Amounts recognized in our consolidated financial statements from such estimates are necessarily based on numerous assumptions involving varying and potentially significant degrees of judgment and uncertainty. Accordingly, the amounts currently reflected in our consolidated financial statements will likely increase or decrease in the future as additional information becomes available. There have been no material changes to critical accounting policies previously disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
No recently issued accounting pronouncements were applicable for this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In general, forward-looking statements include estimates of future revenues, cash flows, capital expenditures, or other financial items, and assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current expectations regarding future events and use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “may,” and other similar terminology. A forward-looking statement is neither a prediction nor a guarantee of future events or circumstances, and those future events or circumstances may not occur. Investors should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. These forward-looking statements are all based on currently available operating, financial, and competitive information and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Our actual future results and trends may differ materially depending on a variety of factors, many beyond our control, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties described in Item 1A, Risk Factors of our annual report on Form 10-K and Item 1A of this report. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise them, except as may be required by law.
Controls and procedures
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Evaluation of our Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded that, as of September 30, 2025 our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective, due to material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting previously identified in Part II, Item 9A “Controls and Procedures” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Management's Remediation Efforts
Our remediation efforts previously described in Part II, Item 9A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 to address the material weaknesses mentioned are ongoing as we continue to implement and document policies, procedures, and internal controls. While we believe the steps taken to date and those planned for future implementation will improve the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, we have not completed all remediation efforts. The material weaknesses cannot be considered remediated until applicable controls have operated for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. During the third quarter, Grant Thornton Advisors LLC was engaged as the Company’s internal auditor and is assisting the Company with its remediation efforts.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2025, that have materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Risk factors
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There have been no material changes from the risk factors as previously disclosed in Item 1A to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Figures reported in this filing
Standardized line items from the XBRL in this filing, for the period ended 2025-09-30. Comparative periods it repeats are left out.
| Line item | Period | Value | XBRL concept |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3 months2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30 | $99.7m | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax |
| Revenue | 9 months2025-01-01 to 2025-09-30 | $295.4m | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax |
| Cost of revenue | 3 months2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30 | $41.8m | us-gaap:CostOfRevenue |
| Cost of revenue | 9 months2025-01-01 to 2025-09-30 | $119.6m | us-gaap:CostOfRevenue |
| Selling, general and administrative | 3 months2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30 | $20.4m | us-gaap:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense |
| Selling, general and administrative | 9 months2025-01-01 to 2025-09-30 | $64.6m | us-gaap:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense |
| Income tax | 3 months2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30 | −$2.3m | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |
| Income tax | 9 months2025-01-01 to 2025-09-30 | $4.0m | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |
| Net income | 3 months2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30 | −$5.3m | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss |
| Net income | 9 months2025-01-01 to 2025-09-30 | $12.4m | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss |
| Operating cash flow | 9 months2025-01-01 to 2025-09-30 | $89.2m | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities |
| Capital expenditure | 9 months2025-01-01 to 2025-09-30 | $18.9m | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment |
| Cash and equivalents | At period end2025-09-30 | $272.5m | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue |
| Current assets | At period end2025-09-30 | $404.1m | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent |
| Total assets | At period end2025-09-30 | $1.08bn | us-gaap:Assets |
| Current liabilities | At period end2025-09-30 | $143.0m | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent |
| Total liabilities | At period end2025-09-30 | $499.2m | us-gaap:Liabilities |
| Long-term debt | At period end2025-09-30 | $214.9m | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent |
| Current portion of debt | At period end2025-09-30 | $20.9m | us-gaap:DebtCurrent |
| Shareholders' equity | At period end2025-09-30 | $580.3m | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity |
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