Restaurants: Americans Are Ditching the Wallet Diet
Eating food is practically the national pastime, especially considering the amount of money consumers spend on dining out. The Great Recession placed many budgets on a strict diet, but Americans are...
View ArticleCan Yum! Brands Break Out?
With shares of Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) trading around $68, is YUM an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let’s analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework: T =...
View ArticleWill McDonald’s Continue To Surge Higher?
With shares of McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) trading around $99, is MCD an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let’s analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework: T =...
View ArticleNeed a Job? Restaurants Are Hiring Like Crazy
After an unprecedented amount of liquidity and intervention by the Federal Reserve, the labor market is still stuck in the slowest post-recession recovery since the Great Depression. The recent update...
View ArticleRadar Movers: Sony Avoids Market Sell-Off With PS4, Yum! Brands and Lululemon...
Shares of Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) declined 1.4 percent in late afternoon hours. The restaurant-chain reported that its May same-store sales in China plunged 19 percent, citing the Avian flu scare as a...
View ArticleMore Boeing 787 Problems, Yum Suffers in China: Morning Buzzers
S&P 500 futures rose on Wednesday morning, indicating the index will break its two-day decline. European shares bounced back while the yen fell after gaining the most versus the dollar in three...
View ArticleAnalysts: Google’s Waze Purchase is Positive and 3 More Research Notes to...
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG): Needham has raised its price target from $900 to $1,000 on Google shares, as the firm believes Google’s acquisition of Waze will further strengthen its position as the dominant...
View ArticleIs McDonald’s Ready for a Super-Sized 2013?
Let’s analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework: The golden arches lost some of their luster in 2012 as McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) lagged behind the market by 25...
View ArticleMcDonald’s to Spend $1 Billion In Store Facelifts and 2 Other Dow Movers to...
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD): Current price $97.53 In 2013, the fast-food behemoth intends to spend about $1 billion of its $3.2 billion capital investment budget on store facelifts. The fact that...
View Article4 Consumer Stock Stories Making Headlines On Monday
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO): Closing price $39.53 Effie Worldwide announced that Coca-Cola was just named “the most effective brand in the world,” taking the number one spot on the ranking...
View ArticleYum! Brands Earnings: Your Sneak Peek to the Big Announcement
Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) will report earnings after markets close on Wednesday, July 10th. Yum! Brands, Inc, owns and franchises quick-service restaurants worldwide. The Company develops, operates,...
View ArticleAnalysts: Apple Has Cut iPhone Production Forecast and 3 More Research Notes...
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL): Wedge Partners believes Apple has cut its iPhone production forecast by 20 percent for the second half of 2013 to the 90-100 million unit range, down from the previous 115-120...
View ArticleAnalysts: Give Pandora a Chance and 3 More Research Notes to Look Over
Pandora (NYSE:P): Cowen says that June listener hours were slightly below estimates, but the firm continues to believe the platform is an under-monetized asset, as internet radio trends continue to...
View ArticlePfizer Gets European Approval, Caesars Files S-1 with SEC, and 3 More Hot Stocks
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE): A panel has approved the expansion of use of Pfizer’s blockbuster antibacterial vaccine Prevenar 13, meant for adults age 18 to 49, while it was previously was authorized only...
View ArticleDoes Yum! Brands Support Higher Prices?
With shares of Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) trading around $72, is YUM an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let’s analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework: T =...
View ArticleYum! Brands Earnings: Here’s Why the Stock is Up Now
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) delivered a profit and beat Wall Street’s expectations, BUT came up short on beating the revenue expectation. The revenue miss is a negative sign to shareholders seeking...
View ArticleHeavy Hitters: Zynga Jumps 1.5%, Apple and Wells Fargo Struggle
Shares of Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) gained nearly 1 percent higher in late afternoon hours. The parent company of KFC and Pizza Hut reported earnings of 56 cents per share, 2 cents better than the average...
View ArticleGlaxoSmithKline Employees Admit to Bribery, Yum! Profits Drop: Morning Buzzers
U.S. stock futures are up this morning, after a review of the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s June meeting revealed Ben Bernanke is more cautious about ending stimulus than had previously been...
View ArticleYum Brands Earnings Call Insights: China Macroeconomics and Wage Growth...
Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM) recently reported its second quarter earnings and discussed the following topics in its earnings conference call. China Macroeconomics John Ivankoe – JPMorgan: Obviously when we...
View Article5 Sizzling Stocks Round Out the Week Stronger After Earnings
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) delivered a profit and beat Wall Street’s expectations, BUT came up short on beating the revenue expectation. Adjusted Earnings Per Share decreased 16.42% to $0.56 in the...
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