Brinker International

  The cover story in this weekend's Barron's offers a look at how Las Vegas is faring in the post-pandemic era. Other featured articles discuss how to play the Las Vegas reopening and what to make of the meme stocks. Also see the prospects for a restaurant operator, small bank...

This weekend's Barron's cover story considers what's in store for a once-hot burrito chain. Other featured articles offer a peek at the outlook for a semiconductor maker and for a casual dining company. The prospects for a social media IPO and an independent power producer are...

Bank of America analyst Joseph Buckley outlined restaurant stocks and what he is looking for as the remaining names report earnings this week. Notably, that includes McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD), Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ: JACK), Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT), Noodles...

Wednesday marked another day of mixed trading as investors and traders continue to find little clarity from the quarterly results released so far. With the markets being a "mixed bag" major indices ended the day little changed with the Dow ending slightly in the red and both S&P 500 and...

At the same time fast food workers are staging a series of one-day strikes in an attempt to force a hike in the minimum wage – fast casual chains like Brinker International's (NYSE: EAT) Chili’s and now, DineEquity's (NYSE: DIN) Applebee’s have taken steps to install electronic tablets at every...

Lots of quarterly reports are on deck this week, to go along with all the delayed economic data expected to be released. Analysts and investors should have plenty to mull over. Earnings highlights will include reports from AT&T, McDonald's, Microsoft and Netflix, which are all expected to post...

QSR predicted it. Wall Street apparently confirmed it. The government shutdown is hurting restaurants, and as a result, restaurant stocks. Leading decliners at noon on Wednesday were Frisch’s (NYSE: FRS), down more than four percent, Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) down almost two percent,...

While big retailers like Walmart (NYSE: WMT) have been offering so-so results for the most recent quarter and lowering their guidance, blaming consumer reluctance to spend, several restaurant stocks have posted better than expected earnings and some have announced expansion plans. Biglari Holdings...

It’s Valentine’s Day and unlike that made-up holiday, Sweetest Day, most couples feel the pressure to spend money on each other. A simple, “I love you” just won’t do and that’s why an average of $130.97 is spent by a person celebrating Valentine’s Day. That equates to $18.6 billion in projected...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), which is trading near a multiyear high, is scheduled to report its first-quarter fiscal 2013 results Friday, August 21 before market open. Investors will be looking to see whether the fortunes of the Olive Garden chain have improved and the company can build on four-...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

Shares of Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NASDAQ: CMG), both darlings in their industry, have plunged. Buffalo Wild Wings was down more than 10 percent at the close of Wednesday's session, following a disappointing earnings report late Tuesday, and was more than 17...