ALERTS - UNUSUAL OPTIONS ACTIVITY SAYS CNBC
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTL - QSR NYSE
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Barclays Analysis Says BUY - Rated Strong Buy By 10 Analysts
| Theses shares have dramatically advanced
over the past month . In late Feb a CNBC host alerted viewers to
unusual upside option activity. Shortly thereafter
Barclays issued an overweight - Strong Buy rating . We urge all
serious investors to place these shares on their buy list
Barclays initiates coverage on Restaurants Brands International (QSR +1%) with an Overweight rating. "We view fundamentals as worthy of a premium, with the combination of outsized unit & steady comp growth, coupled with outsized free cash, and potential to further expand the portfolio and/or accelerate the return of cash," reasons analyst Jeffrey Bernstein. Restaurant Brands operates over 25K outlets, almost all of them under the franchise model. Barclay's price target on QSR of $73 reps 18% upside potential for shares. Facebooks New Identity Crisis Recent restaurant industry average ticket rose 3.1% despite worst winter weather in years Martha Stewart Joins The CBD ParadePapa Johns PZZA Surges On Restructure Possible Acquisition of Domino's Pizza - Drives Restaurant Brands In early February, Cowen Research characterized Domino’s Pizza (DPZ) as a preeminent acquisition target for Restaurant Brands International (QSR). As the potential of such a merger has been mentioned in the past, the big question is whether Restaurant Brands will eventually acquire Domino’s. Biotech Cancer Research - Shphrix Inc - 10K Results Drive Stock Higher The goodRestaurant Brands includes three remarkably strong brand names in its portfolio, namely Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes. In each of the last two years, these three quick serve chains grew their revenues at a fast pace. More precisely, the total sales of Restaurant Brands grew by 7.9% and 7.4%, in 2017 and 2018, respectively. However, the vast majority of this growth came from the opening of new stores. Same-store sales increased only 2.0% in 2017 and 1.8% in 2018. Tesla - Consumer Reports Downgrade - Here Is Why On the one hand, as the company still has ample room to open numerous new stores, the poor same-store sales growth is not an issue yet. On the other hand, the rate of opening new stores will inevitably decrease in the future and thus the company will eventually have to enhance its comparable sales to maintain a satisfactory performance. Catch A Shooting Star Lithium ALB NYSE Domino’s has an exceptional growth record in same-store sales and earnings. The company has grown its international same-store sales for 100 consecutive quarters and its U.S. same-store sales for 31 consecutive quarters. Moreover, as shown in the chart below, it is growing its same-store sales at a mid-single digit rate, which is much higher than the growth rate of all its competitors. |