Restaurant Earnings

Shares of restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse Inc (NASDAQ: TXRH) fell notably lower in reaction to its first-quarter print, and investors may want to consider taking advantage of the dip, according to Longbow Research.  The Analyst Alton Stump upgraded Texas Roadhouse from Neutral to Buy...

Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR) reported fourth-quarter results highlighted by better than expected same-store sales growth at Burger King and Tim Hortons. The Analyst Piper Jaffray's Nicole Miller Regan maintains an Overweight rating on Restaurant Brands with an unchanged $70...

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) reported fourth-quarter results that handily exceeded expectations from a growth in comparable sales and total transactions. Here is a summary of how some of the Street's top analysts reacted to the print. The Analysts Morgan Stanley's John Glass...

Casual restaurant chain Zoe's Kitchen Inc (NYSE: ZOES) reported first-quarter results Thursday that made it clear the growth story "is broken for now," according to Maxim Group.  The Analyst  Maxim Group's Stephen Anderson downgraded Zoe's Kitchen from...

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI), the restaurant operator best known for its Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse chains, reported fiscal third-quarter results Thursday that prompted Stephens to turn bullish on the stock. The Analyst Stephens' Will Slabaugh upgraded Darden...

Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ)'s mixed fourth-quarter earnings report Tuesday initially sent shares of the pizza chain lower, but turned one Wall Street analyst incrementally bullish. The Analyst Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Gregory Francfort maintains a Buy rating on...

Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter results Feb. 20, but Deutsche Bank isn't waiting for the print to turn incrementally bullish on the pizza chain. The Analyst Deutsche Bank's Brett Levy maintains a Buy rating on Domino's Pizza's stock with...

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) is scheduled to report its fourth quarter results Feb. 6, and investors are expecting an update to the company's search for a new CEO to replace Steve Ells. The Analyst William Blair's Sharon Zackfia maintains a Market Perform rating on Chipotle...

Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD)'s third-quarter earnings report Wednesday has investors convinced that the casual fast-food company's outlook at the very least is brighter today than it was just last week. But is Wall Street equally convinced? Barclays: Imagine The Growth When Comps...

Throughout most of 2017, shares of Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) faced heavy selling pressures amid a heightened promotional environment, rising chicken wing prices and an activist campaign that resulted in the resignation of its CEO Sally Smith. But shares of Buffalo Wild Wings were trading...

Despite a more than 10-percent decline in Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG)'s stock in reaction to a disappointing earnings report, not all of Wall Street are ready to throw in the towel...yet. UBS analyst Dennis Geiger maintains a Neutral rating on Chipotle's stock with an unchanged...

Heading into Tuesday's earnings report, expectations for Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) were quite low but the company still disappointed investors based on the stock's 10 percent decline. In fact, Wall Street's consensus EPS estimate fell from $1.75 three weeks ago to $1.62...

Investors have plenty of reasons to be encouraged by McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD)'s third-quarter earnings report, according to Morningstar's senior analyst R.J. Hottovy. Perhaps the most notable aspect of McDonald's earnings report was a 4.1 percent growth in U.S. comps, Hottovy said as a...

Shares of McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) initially jumped higher after its third-quarter earnings report but gave back all of its gains and was trading lower by around 0.27 percent. The fast-food restaurant chain said it earned $1.76 per share in its third quarter on revenue of $5.755 billion....

Bank of America analysts lost their appetite for Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) ahead of the company's third-quarter earnings report on Oct. 24. The firm's Gregory Francfort downgraded Chipotle's stock from Neutral to Underperform with a price target slashed from $390 to $285...