All Posts Tagged With: "MCD"
(PNRA) Panera Bread’s COO Steps Down
Panera Bread Co. (PNRA) has recently announced that effective May 31, 2012, John Maguire will no longer serve as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. Maguire resigned...
(C) The Thick of Q1 Earnings Season – Earnings Preview
We are jumping right into the thick of the first quarter reporting cycle this week, with more than 250 companies coming out with results, including 89 companies from the S&P 500.
We will have representation from the who’s who of the corporate world, with a number...
(RPI) Restaurant Industry Stock Review – March 2012 – Industry Outlook
The restaurant industry appears well positioned for gradual improvement in the first half of 2012. The global economy had been affected by challenges mainly in the second half of 2011 due to concerns about the nagging sovereign debt issues in Europe and the health of the U.S....
(SBUX) Starbucks in India This Summer
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) is slated to make its way into India by the end of August. Starbucks, along with Asia’s largest publicly traded coffee grower, Tata Coffee Ltd, is planning to open 50 stores,...
(EU) Stock Market News for January 25, 2012 – Market News
In yet another calm trading session, markets were pulled slightly lower after Eurozone ministers rejected a bond swap offer from Greece’s private creditors. While the Dow dropped lower and the S&P 500 reversed its five-day winning streak, Nasdaq added meager points after...
(JNJ) Mixed Earnings, Greece May Slip Markets
With nothing major on the domestic economic calendar, headlines about Greece’s as-yet unsuccessful negotiations with its bondholders to restructure its private debt may get some traction. But today’s market action will be mostly about the slew of mixed earnings reports...
(JNJ) Jan 24: Day of Earnings! – Economic Highlights
With nothing major on the domestic economic calendar, headlines about Greece’s as-yet unsuccessful negotiations with its bondholders to restructure its private debt may get some traction. But today’s market action will be mostly about the slew of mixed earnings reports...
(BAC) Stock Market News for January 3, 2012 – Market News
On the last trading day of the year, US markets witnessed low volumes and muted activity as investors seemed reluctant to make any major moves on Friday. The “Santa rally” continued into the day but barely made any impact on the market.
The Dow Jones Industrial...
(EU) Stock Market News for December 13, 2011 – Market News
Markets reversed gears on Monday and receded into negative territory after the European accord concluded on last Friday faced criticism from Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service. Tech-giant Intel also contributed to weak investor confidence after the company projected...
(MCD) McDonald’s Analyst Shares Rated Stable at Neutral
We remain Neutral on McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) with solid comparable sales (comps) momentum, expansion and accelerated remodeling on the one side, and commodity inflation, increased selling, general and...
(YUM) Yum! Brands Announces Board Approves Share Buyback
Louisville, Kentucky-based Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM) recently announced that its board has approved the share repurchase of an additional $750 million. The company has been consistently enhancing shareholders’...
(RPI) Restaurant Industry Stock Review – November 2011 – Industry Outlook
The restaurant industry is showing improvements and seems poised for long-term growth, but concerns about the health of the U.S. economy and the nagging sovereign debt issues in Europe pose some risks to this outlook. However, if we look back at the last few months, restaurant...
(AAPL) Bulls Own Next Week Too 17-21 October
Investors and traders who doubted the move higher, and sold into a sleepy market ahead of resistance near S&P 1,220, are about to get a wake-up call next week. Mr. Market has pounded his hoofs long enough below the trading range highs and he’s ready to go higher.
(AAPL) A Busy Week Ahead – Earnings Preview
Earnings Preview 10/14/11
While the earnings season kicked off this past week, only 38 firms reported. The game really gets under way next week, when we will get reports from 336 firms, including 99 members of the S&P 500.
Thus, by the end of the week we...
(MCD) A Smart Play in Down Markets – Multinational Stocks
by Jason Jenkins, Investment U Research
(MCD) McDonald’s Reports Weak August Comps
McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) has posted global comparable sales (comps) growth of 3.5% in August on the back of strong beverage sales as well as core menu products. However, the fast-food chain operator witnessed...
(AA) Stock Market News for September 12, 2011 – Market News
On Friday fears of Greece defaulting on its debt and a top German official’s resignation from the European Central Bank heightened concerns about the economic situation, which subsequently rattled the US markets. Concerns from Europe overshadowed President Barack Obama’s...
(MCD) Ugly U.S. Jobs Report in Depth Part 2
This month’s employment report was just plain ugly. There were, on balance, NO new jobs created in August, according to the establishment survey. Also, the job creation totals for July were cut to 85,000 from 117,000, and for June to just 20,000 from last month’s estimate...
(GDP) Stock Market News for August 22, 2011 – Market News
Fears of a global downturn dragged the markets down on Friday and benchmarks registered their fourth consecutive week of losses. While recession worries in US unnerved investors, fears of financial destabilization on the European front strengthened the bearish mood.
Posting...
(MCD) McDonalds Rated BUY as Earnings Season Rolls On – ValuEngine.com
So far this week we have provided data on Apple, United Technologies, and US Airways ahead of the earnings reports. Today we finish off our earnings week coverage with our data on fast food giant McDonalds (MCD) Analysts...
(RPI) Restaurant Industry Stock Review – July 2011 – Industry Outlook
The restaurant industry is finally showing improvements and seems poised for long-term growth. Riding on the back of a slowly reviving U.S. economy and the consequent rise in comparable-store sales, restaurant operators have managed to post improved results in recent months....
(AAPL) Stock Market News for July 26, 2011 – Market News
The political deadlock in Washington weighed down the markets on the opening day of the week, as lawmakers struggled to find a solution to the impasse over the debt-ceiling issue. The day was also marked by disappointing corporate results, and the fear-gauge index posted its...
(AAPL) Stock Market News for July 25, 2011 – Market News
Stellar earnings results provided sufficient impetus to markets as they edged modestly higher on Friday, amidst lingering concerns about debt-ceiling negotiations. The week also closed with gains as earnings provided enough cushion for the benchmarks to settle in the green.
The...
(AAPL) 2011 Second Quarter Earnings Preview – Detailed
Earnings Preview 7/15/11
Second quarter earnings season is now under way, but things really start to move into high gear next week. There will be 348 firms reporting, and 108 of those are...
(MCD) U.S. Publishes Awful Jobs Report In Depth – Part 2
This is the second part of our jobs report analysis. To read part one, please click here.
This month’s employment report was deeply disappointing, and would have...
(BAC) Stock Market News for July 1, 2011 – Market News
The Street ended one of its most volatile quarters, with positive economic reports and a temporary solution to the Greece debt crisis lifting the benchmarks to post their biggest four-day rally since September. The technology sector and energy sector lifted the mood further...
(YUM) Yum! Brands in Neutral Lane
We maintain our Neutral rating on Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM). While we are optimistic on the company’s lucrative China division and solid unit growth, negative impact from Taco Bell U.S. as well as commodity...
(MTW) Manitowoc Upgraded to Neutral
Manitowoc Co. Inc. (MTW) reported an adjusted loss per share of 10 cents in its first quarter ended March 31, 2011, flat year over year while revenues increased 7% year over year to notch $732.2 million. Given...
(CMG) Chipotle Mexican Grill Shops Locally
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG) has raised its target of using local produce to more than 10 million pounds for 2011 from about 5 million pounds set for 2010. Previous goals were 50.0% for...
(MCD) McDonald’s Analyst Still at Neutral
We remain Neutral on McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) over the long term. Our reiteration is based on the company’s growing same-restaurant sales, ability to attract healthy traffic in spite of menu price increases...