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TIVP092: DOMINO’S PIZZA (DPZ): IS THE ROYALTY ENGINE STILL RUNNING?
W/ KYLE GRIEVE & SHAWN O’MALLEY
TIVP092: DOMINO’S PIZZA (DPZ): IS THE ROYALTY ENGINE STILL RUNNING? W/ KYLE GRIEVE & SHAWN O’MALLEY
23 August 2026
In today’s episode, Kyle Grieve and Shawn O’Malley analyze Domino’s Pizza, the world’s biggest pizza franchisor built on a royalty-driven, asset-light business model. They walk through Domino’s shift toward franchising and away from Company-owned stores, and what that means for the company’s future revenue mix and cash generation. Along the way, they dig into whether Domino’s royalty engine can keep running at the pace investors have come to expect.
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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
- Reviewing the Domino’s royalty engine thesis
- Why Domino’s has moved away from Company-owned stores
- The role of royalties versus supply chain revenue in Domino’s earnings
- How the franchise model keeps Domino’s asset-light and cash-generative
- How Domino’s utilizes a fortressing strategy and its effect on store growth
- The competitive landscape in delivery, carryout, and aggregator platforms
- Domino’s capital allocation and approach to share buybacks
- International franchising and Domino’s global store growth
- Risks facing Domino’s from labor costs, competition, and changing consumer habits
- And so much more!
For the full show notes, go to this page.
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