March 14 (Reuters) - Del Taco Restaurants Inc:
* DEL TACO RESTAURANTS, INC. REPORTS FISCAL FOURTH QUARTER AND FISCAL YEAR 2017 FINANCIAL RESULTS
* Q4 REVENUE $146.5 MILLION VERSUS I/B/E/S VIEW $147.3 MILLION
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE VIEW $0.17 — THOMSON REUTERS I/B/E/S
* QTRLY SYSTEM-WIDE COMPARABLE RESTAURANT SALES GROWTH OF 2.4%
* QTRLY COMPANY-OPERATED COMPARABLE RESTAURANT SALES GROWTH OF 2.1%
* SEES FISCAL YEAR 2018 SYSTEM-WIDE SAME STORE SALES GROWTH OF APPROXIMATELY 2% TO 4%
* SEES FISCAL YEAR 2018 TOTAL REVENUE BETWEEN $506 MILLION AND $516 MILLION
* SEES FISCAL YEAR 2018 TOTAL COMPANY-OPERATED RESTAURANT SALES BETWEEN $473 MILLION AND $483 MILLION
* SEES FISCAL YEAR 2018 RESTAURANT CONTRIBUTION MARGIN BETWEEN 19.3% AND 19.8%
* SEES FISCAL YEAR 2018 DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE OF APPROXIMATELY $0.59 TO $0.63
* SEES FISCAL YEAR 2018 NET CAPITAL EXPENDITURES BETWEEN $35.0 MILLION TO $38.0 MILLION Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Reuters.Brief@thomsonreuters.com)