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Can Private Equity Interest Revitalize Buffalo Wild Wings?
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 - 10:00am | 438Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) received a takeout offer of around $150 per share from private equity group Roark Capital. The offer would give some investors who bought the stock ahead of the third quarter earnings report a hefty return but would leave some longer-term shareholders with a loss,...
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Roark Capital, The Company That Made A Bid For Buffalo Wild Wings, Has Quite The Restaurant Portfolio
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 - 9:21am | 472Shares of Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) surged higher by more than 25 percent after the restaurant chain received a take-out offer. What You Need To Know Roark Capital offered to buy the chicken wing casual fast food chain for $2.3 billion, or more than $150 per share, according to a report...
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Del Taco CEO: Rising Avocado Prices Are A 'Structural Advantage'
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 - 8:31am | 458Del Taco Restaurants Inc (NASDAQ: TACO), an operator and franchiser of Mexican-themed dishes operates more than 500 restaurants mostly in the West Coast and is valued at $537 million. By comparison, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) boasts more than 2 thousand locations and is valued just...
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Rumor Has It Chipotle's Queso Launch Planned For Sept. 12
Tuesday, August 29, 2017 - 10:15am | 404Analysts at Credit Suisse are working under the assumption that Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) is prepping for a national launch of its queso cheese dip as soon as Sept. 12. The casual fast food restaurant chain has been testing its queso product in 350 restaurants since Aug. 1, and...
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Newest Fast-Food Battle Pits Chipotle Against Burger King
Monday, August 8, 2016 - 12:30pm | 413Investors following the restaurant sector would likely list Panera Bread Co (NASDAQ: PNRA), Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ: JACK)'s Qdoba and a few other names in the "fast casual" space as being Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG)'s main competitors. According to a report by Bloomberg,...
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Vetr Crowd Upgrades Shake Shack To 4.5 Stars
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 1:12pm | 433Shares of Shake Shack Inc (NYSE: SHAK) have fallen around 45 percent over the past six months. The Vetr crowd upgraded their rating on the popular burger chain to 4.5 stars out of a possible five stars. Eighty-three percent of the crowd's ratings are bullish and the crowd-sourced...
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Vetr Crowd Upgrades Shake Shack, 66% Of Users Are Bullish
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 3:22pm | 424Shares of Shake Shack Inc (NYSE: SHAK) have lost nearly 25 percent over the past three months. The Vetr crowd upgraded Shake Shack to a 3.5-star rating out of a possible five from a prior three-star rating. Sixty-six (66) percent of the Vetr crowd's ratings are bullish, and the crowd-sourced price...
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2 'New Age' Restaurant Stocks Stifel Analysts Are Buying
Friday, August 28, 2015 - 9:02am | 494One of the fastest growing trends within the restaurant sector is the emergence of "casual fast food" chains. The problem for investors is that there are many options to chose from. Paul Westra of Stifel offered investors two names to consider investing in: El Pollo LoCo Holdings Inc...
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Wall Street (Mostly) Bullish On Panera With Earnings On Tap
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 1:23pm | 546Panera Bread Co (NASDAQ: PNRA) is scheduled to report its second quarter results after Tuesday's market close. The Estimize community (based on 32 estimates) is projecting the company will earn $1.67 per share on revenue of $683.58 million. This compares to the Wall Street consensus estimate...
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While Chipotle's Business Model Is 'Hard To Duplicate,' Experts Are Mixed On The Stock
Monday, July 20, 2015 - 2:42pm | 766Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) is scheduled to report its second quarter results after Tuesday's market close. Estimize, the crowd-sourced earnings and economic rating platform is expecting the company (based on 73 estimates) to earn $4.47 per share on revenue of $1.224 billion. This...
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Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Shows 'Significant Upside Potential,' Jefferies Notes
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 - 1:55pm | 249In a report published last Friday, Jefferies analyst Alexander Slagle wrote that Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (NASDAQ: RRGB) demonstrated continued same-store sales momentum in the fourth quarter. Slagle noted that July and August's trends were weak, but same-store sales bounced back in...