No doubt, this week has made it more and more difficult to say anyone should buy stocks at the moment. Even in good, solid, dividend-paying companies. Many analysts and pundits have recommended investors to sell and stay away from the stock market for a while as they don't see a bottom yet, only mo...
TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says that as consumers try to stretch their dining dollar, Darden, Yum! and McDonald's will benefit.
We all know we are overstored in this country and over-restauranted. There are tons of players -- so many that the competition got too hard. Now they collapse. That Uno might miss a payment, that Bennigan's and S...
"I think now is a particularly opportune time to buy the world’s largest fast-food company, YUM! Brands (NYSE: YUM) ," says Louis Basenese.
The associate investment director and contributing editor to The Oxford Club observes, Â "YUM Brands operates 35,000 restaurants under the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands.:" Here's his review of the firm's outlook, including its expanding role in China.
"For starters, YUM keeps extending its streak of impressive results. For the seventh quarter in a row it beat expectations.
"Earnings per share increased 16% for the quarter and 28% year-to-date. Not t
"I think now is a particularly opportune time to buy the world's largest fast-food company, YUM! Brands (NYSE: YUM) ," says Louis Basenese.
The associate investment director and contributing editor to The Oxford Club observes, "YUM Brands operates 35,000 restaurants under the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands." Here's his review of the firm's outlook, including its expanding role in China.
"For starters, YUM keeps extending its streak of impressive results. For the seventh quarter in a row it beat expecta
Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) just reported a great quarter. EPS of 31 cents on same store sales of 8.3%. The stock is surging and trading higher than the level at which I sold the first half of my position after the company last reported.
The restaurants are back. Yum Brands (YUM) is too cheap to ignore here. I added some to my personal account yesterday on top of my already full sized position for client accounts that I accumulated last week at lower prices.
Yum Brands (YUM) reported its quarterly results after the market closed on Wednesday. The company generated earnings per share of 45 cents on revenues of $2.653 billion and in the process, handily beat analysts’ estimates of 42 cents in EPS and $2.55 billion of revenues. This was quite deceptive, as restaurant level operating margins declined across the board in all regions: China -1.1%; Yum International -1.3%; and, US -2.9%. Increasing commodity costs – food and energy –are eroding the company’s margins.
I fully expected this to occur and pointed it out on Bloomberg Asia TV when YUM repor
Jim Cramer says Yum! Brands (YUM) is the best way to play China’s growing appetite for protein. Yum! management has called China its number-one growth strategy, and expects to have 3,000 stores in the country by year-end.
To my mind, the fundamentals look tasty enough to take a bite of, regardless of whether it is the “best” play on China or simply a good one. The company has three other growth prongs as well: aggressive international expansion outside China; improving U.S. brand positions, consistency and returns; and driving industry-leading lon
5/22 - "Referring to his long-recommended position in YUM! Brands (NYSE: YUM), Louis Basenese exclaims, "I've spent 1,308 days tracking its price movements and written 11,239 words expounding its virtues...Indeed, the associate Investment Director for The Oxford Club states, "If I could only recommend one stock to own for the next decade, hands down YUM! Brands would be the one."
"Today, roughly half of its operations and profits come from outside our borders. Tomorrow (okay, not that quickly, but soon), more than two thirds of its business will be based outside the United States...Approxi...
The restaurant operator plans to introduce new products, including beverages and value menus at all three of its U.S. brands: KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut.
Referring to his long-recommended position in YUM! Brands (NYSE: YUM), Louis Basenese exclaims, "I've spent 1,308 days tracking its price movements and written 11,239 words expounding its virtues."
Indeed, the associate Investment Director for The Oxford Club states, "If I could only recommend one stock to own for the next decade, hands down YUM! Brands would be the one."
"YUM! Brands, operator of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, is quietly transforming itself into an international juggernaut. Today, roughly h
Referring to his long-recommended position in YUM! Brands (NYSE: YUM), Louis Basenese exclaims, "I've spent 1,308 days tracking its price movements and written 11,239 words expounding its virtues."
Indeed, the associate Investment Director for the Oxford Club states, "If I could only recommend one stock to own for the next decade, hands down YUM! Brands would be the one."
"YUM! Brands, operator of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, is quietly transforming itself into an international juggernaut.
"Today, roughly half of its operations and profits come from outside our borders. Tomorrow (okay, not t
McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) announced its same-store sales results for the month of April Thursday, and the data indicate a healthy fast-food business ("healthy fast food" -- isn't that an oxymoron?).
Global comps as a whole increased 5%. Comps for European locations increased 6.3%, and the Asia/Pacific/Middle East/Africa segment saw a 7.8% rise in same-store sales. McDonald's restaurants in the States increased an anemic 2%. The weak domestic sales really need to
4/23 - "Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) reported Q1 numbers Tuesday after the bell, and the company came through with double-digit growth on the bottom line. Net sales increased 8%, and earnings per share, adjusted for special items, increased 19% to $0.42."
"The international story for Yum! is a good one, with operating profit for this part of the company increasing 18%. China continues to be a strong territory for the KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut brands -- as many have pointed out, Yum! is a great way to gain exposure to this market. And how about this -- management saw fit to buy back shares o...
"The Olympics have long been a boon to stock markets of host countries," notes Tony Sagami, a leading global stock advisor with a noted specialty in Asian markets.
In his Asia Stock Alert newsletter, he notes, "I believe the chief beneficiaries of the Olympic Games will be consumer and travel-related stocks. And within these sectors, I've chosen six stocks poised to bring home Olympic gold from Beijing."
"We saw a 19% gain in the Spanish stock market in the 12 months before the 1
Market pullbacks and periods of protracted economic sluggishness are not the most calming circumstances, but they do create buying opportunities, and with the above in mind, Yum! Brands is worth an evaluation.
Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) operates the world's largest fast food operation network, including signature chains Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Long John Silver's.
Analysts like YUM restaurant opening timetable, with 1,000 net new restaurants expected to open annually, with impressive international restaurant growth. Oper...
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No doubt, this week has made it more and more difficult to say anyone should buy stocks at the moment. Even in good, solid, dividend-paying companies. Many analysts and pundits have recommended investors to sell and stay away from the stock market for a while as they don't see a bottom yet, only mo...
"I think now is a particularly opportune time to buy the world’s largest fast-food company, 
"The Olympics have long been a boon to stock markets of host countries," notes 
