Independent franchisees
Revenue Exposure
~99% of global stores are franchised; royalties and fees plus supply chain sales to franchisees are core revenue streams.
Relevance 95·Dependency 90·Confidence 97
Source evidence
“approximately 99% of Domino’s global stores owned and operated by our independent franchisees as of December 28, 2025”
Delivery and carryout service models
Demand Driver
Domino’s competes in delivery and carryout segments of the QSR pizza category, which are the two largest segments.
Relevance 90·Dependency 85·Confidence 95
Source evidence
“In the U.S., we compete in the delivery and carryout segments of the QSR pizza category.”
Digital ordering channels
Customer Exposure
More than 85% of U.S. retail sales in 2025 came from digital channels, making platform disruption or cyber-attacks a material sales risk.
Relevance 90·Dependency 85·Confidence 97
Source evidence
“more than 85% of our U.S. retail sales in 2025 were derived from digital channels, primarily through our online ordering website and mobile applications”
Domino's Pizza franchisees
Customer Exposure
Royalties (5.5% U.S.), advertising contributions (6.0% U.S.), supply chain food sales, and international royalties (~3.0%) all derive from franchisee retail sales
Relevance 90·Dependency 80·Confidence 95
Source evidence
“Supply chain revenues are primarily comprised of sales of food and other products to franchised Domino’s Pizza stores located in the U.S. and Canada.”
Consumer spending / disposable income
Revenue Exposure
Results are driven largely by retail sales at franchised and Company-owned stores, which depend on consumer demand, tastes and disposable income.
Relevance 90·Dependency 80·Confidence 92
Source evidence
“can be affected by changes in consumer tastes, economic conditions, demographic trends, geopolitical and reputational considerations, marketing, advertising, pricing and consumers’ disposable income”
Cheese
Raw Material Dependency
Cheese is approximately 25% of the food basket for Company-owned stores and subject to significant price fluctuations, driving input cost volatility.
Relevance 85·Dependency 80·Confidence 97
Source evidence
“Cheese, in particular, is a significant cost to us, representing approximately 25% of the food basket purchased by our Company-owned stores.”
U.S. franchisees
Revenue Exposure
Substantially all U.S. franchisees purchase from the company's supply chain but are not required to; defection to outside suppliers would adversely affect results.
Relevance 85·Dependency 75·Confidence 95
Source evidence
“While substantially all U.S. franchisees purchased food and other products from us and our suppliers in 2025, U.S. franchisees are not required to purchase food and other products from us”
Pizza Hut, Papa John’s, Little Caesars and delivery aggregators
Competitive Exposure
Highly competitive, fragmented QSR pizza category against national chains and growing aggregation platforms.
Relevance 85·Dependency 60·Confidence 95
Source evidence
“The QSR pizza category is large, fragmented and highly competitive.”
Minimum wage increases / labor costs
Cost Driver
Labor costs are largely a function of minimum wage; jurisdiction-level minimum wage increases (including California) are expected to keep raising costs for the company and franchisees.
Relevance 75·Dependency 60·Confidence 92
Source evidence
“As more jurisdictions implement minimum wage increases, we expect that labor costs will continue to increase.”
Order and delivery aggregators / meal kit providers
Competitive Exposure
Aggregator competition for customers and drivers has substantially increased; aggregator orders may carry lower store-level profitability than owned channels.
Relevance 75·Dependency 55·Confidence 90
Source evidence
“Competition for both customers and drivers from these order and delivery aggregators and other food delivery services has substantially increased”
Consumer discretionary spending
Demand Driver
Inflationary pressures on customers' disposable purchasing power, especially lower-income customers, can reduce demand for products.
Relevance 70·Dependency 60·Confidence 90
Source evidence
“may also impact the discretionary purchasing power of our customers, especially customers with less disposable income... resulting in decreased demand for our products.”
Foreign currency exposure
Revenue Exposure
Management reports retail sales growth excluding foreign currency impact, indicating meaningful FX translation exposure from 90+ international markets.
Relevance 70·Dependency 50·Confidence 88
Source evidence
“Global retail sales, excluding foreign currency impact (which includes total retail sales at Company-owned and franchised stores worldwide), increased 5.4%”
USD reporting vs foreign-currency international franchise revenues
Currency Exposure
~6.9% of 2025 revenues from international franchise segment, majority in foreign currencies, unhedged; 10% adverse FX move = ~$30M impact
Relevance 70·Dependency 30·Confidence 90
Source evidence
“We do not enter into financial instruments to manage this foreign currency exchange risk.”
digital transactions
Demand Driver
Franchise fee revenue tied to per-transaction digital fees ($0.375 per digital U.S. transaction in fiscal 2025), linking franchise revenue growth to digital order volume
Relevance 65·Dependency 50·Confidence 85
Source evidence
“was $0.375 per digital transaction in fiscal 2025”
Uber and DoorDash marketplaces
Demand Driver
Multinational agreements with Uber and DoorDash expand ordering access while aggregators simultaneously compete for customers.
Relevance 65·Dependency 40·Confidence 90
Source evidence
“We also compete with other restaurants, as well as order and delivery aggregation companies, which have continued to grow in size and scale in recent years.”
interest rates
Cost Driver
Variable Funding Notes bear Term SOFR-based floating rates; rising rates increase interest expense, and maturing fixed-rate debt may need refinancing at higher rates
Relevance 60·Dependency 50·Confidence 90
Source evidence
“a rising interest rate environment could result in higher interest expense due on borrowings under our 2025 Variable Funding Notes”
Domino's Pizza Enterprises (DMP: ASX)
Customer Exposure
Largest master franchisee accounts for ~24% of international store count but only 1.4% of consolidated revenues.
Relevance 60·Dependency 35·Confidence 95
Source evidence
“Revenues from this master franchisee accounted for 1.4% of our consolidated revenues in 2025.”
Delivery technology and AI
Technology Dependency
Advances in digital ordering, autonomous vehicle delivery, and AI could shift consumer behavior and labor availability; failure to adopt AI timely is a disclosed risk.
Relevance 55·Dependency 45·Confidence 88
Source evidence
“if we were to incorporate AI technologies which we become dependent on or fail to adopt AI in a timely or effective manner.”
inflation
Competitive Exposure
Severe commodity/food cost increases including from inflation could adversely impact business, financial condition or results of operations
Relevance 55·Dependency 45·Confidence 85
Source evidence
“Severe increases in commodity prices or food costs, including as a result of inflation, could affect the global and U.S. economies and could also adversely impact our business, financial condition or results of operations.”
China (DPC Dash master franchisee)
Geopolitical Exposure
Domino's growth in China depends on DPC Dash, its master franchisee and equity investment; DPC Dash failure could cause loss of investment value.
Relevance 55·Dependency 40·Confidence 90
Source evidence
“If DPC Dash does not succeed or is unable to successfully execute its growth strategy, we could lose some or all of our investment value.”
Dough manufacturing and distribution facilities in Canada generate Canadian-dollar revenues and supply chain sales to Canadian franchisees
Relevance 55·Dependency 40·Confidence 90
Source evidence
“We also operate dough manufacturing and distribution facilities in Canada, which generate revenues denominated in Canadian dollars.”
Cost of sales primarily includes food and labor costs, plus delivery, occupancy, insurance; G&A driven primarily by labor including variable performance-based compensation
Relevance 50·Dependency 45·Confidence 80
Source evidence
“Components of consolidated cost of sales primarily include food and labor costs, as well as other costs including delivery, occupancy costs (including rent, telephone, utilities and depreciation), insurance expense and other.”