Marketwatch.com has a graph of Nathan's Famous stock price since 1999, which has increased 1936% in that time period. (At its overall peak in 2015, the price was up 26-fold.) The purse for the Nathan's finals has been $20,000 since 2007. $40,000 has been payed out annually since the addition of the women's division in 2011.

April 15, 2016 at 8:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest | Permalink * Comments (1)

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  1. Anonymous said

    April 16, 2016 @ 8:23 am

    Clearly it is not a priority to reward the competitors financially for any of the contests no matter how much a company makes. It is a guess, but I do not think Shea Com. makes most of their money from competitive eating. I think it started as a lark and has grown thanks to people willing to participate even without being compensated. A few people win a lot of money, very few.

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