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Stifel Initiates Coverage On Dave & Buster's
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 - 1:24pm | 205Stifel initiated coverage on Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAY) Tuesday with a Buy rating and $25 price target. Analyst Paul Westra was bullish because “PLAY is the fastest-growing, highest-comping and highest-returning concept in full-service sector yet PLAY...
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Stifel Says Buy Cheesecake Factory On Pullback After Q3 Miss
Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 11:08am | 221Stifel issued a note on The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ: CAKE) Thursday after the company missed Q3 2014 earnings expectations. The firm maintained a Buy rating and lowered its price target from $58 to $56. Analysts Paul Westra and Michael Olsen defended "Buy-rated CAKE shares...
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UPDATE: Stifel Upgrades Chuy's On Raised Estimates
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 8:48am | 143In a report published Wednesday, Stifel analyst Paul Westra upgraded the rating on Chuy's Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: CHUY) from Hold to Buy, and named a $48.00 price target. In the report, Stifel noted, “We upgrade our rating of Chuy's Holdings, Inc. (CHUY) shares to Buy from Hold because: (1) Long-Term...
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Stifel Lowers Price Target on Yum! Brands, Inc.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 9:28am | 151In a note released Wednesday morning, Stifel analyst Paul Westra maintained a Buy rating on Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), but cut the price target from $110 to $105. Westra explained even though the company posted a miss on its third quarter earnings report, the results were "not wholly...
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Stifel Likes El Pollo LoCo's 'Company Story' But Doesn't See Upside
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 9:31am | 237Stifel is one of five analysts to start coverage of El Pollo LoCo (NASDAQ: LOCO) as the analyst quiet period ends. Stifel has a Hold rating and $30 fair value on the stock. "We are extremely supportive of the LOCO ‘Company Story’ (its strong, operations-focused management team...
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Yum! Brands Delivers A Tasty Quarterly Result
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 4:19pm | 922After the closing bell on Monday, Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) reported its fourth quarter results. The company announced an EPS of $0.86, beating the consensus estimate of $0.80. Revenue of $4.17 billion missed the consensus estimate of $4.08 billion. Same-store sales declined overall by four...
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UPDATE: Stifel Reiterates on Texas Roadhouse Following Strong 3Q13 Results
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 9:31am | 184In a report published Tuesday, Stifel analyst Paul Westra reiterated a Buy rating on Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ: TXRH), and raised the price target from $30.00 to $35.00. In the report, Stifel noted, “We reiterate our Buy rating on TXRH shares after TXRH posted full details to its partially leaked...
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UPDATE: Stifel Lowers PT on Yum! Brands on Attractive Value, Bad China Comp Trends
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 11:05am | 155In a report published Wednesday, Stifel analyst Paul Westra reiterated a Buy rating on Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), but lowered the price target from $105.00 to $95.00. In the report, Stifel noted, “Despite very bad news of September China comp trends of -11% (vs. consensus' -6%E; our -3%E), we...