Shares of Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) have been very volatile since the company's initial public offering in 2021, and they took another dive following its latest quarterly earnings report. In Q1, the coffee purveyor showed strong growth in total revenue, but analysts were disappointed with its decline in same-store sales and weak traffic trends. 

Market participants were quick to draw comparisons to ' much stronger same-store sales trends recently, suggesting that Dutch Bros is a broken growth story. Several key metrics might be weighing on the stock's performance, but despite them, I'm still holding my shares for the long term. Here's why.

Dutch Bros reported revenue growth of nearly 30% year over year, down from 44% in the fourth quarter of 2022. The deceleration on the top line was brought into sharper focus by the decline of 2% in systemwide same-store sales.  

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