How Different Restaurant Stocks Trade Ahead of, and After, Earnings

By Ryan D. Lavender Published on April 19, 2021 at 5:14 PM

We recently published a series of reports examining how various restaurant stocks
have traded in the week leading up to, and immediately after, their last 24 quarterly
earnings releases. This report summarizes the trends we found.

Restaurants: BlackBox Index Up on a Two-Year Basis for March 2021

By Ryan D. Lavender Published on April 15, 2021 at 5:42 PM

Earlier today (Thursday, April 15th), we learned that the BlackBox Index of samestore sales for March 2021 — importantly, these data points are on a two-year basis — was up by +1.8%, with two-year traffic off by -9.4%.

YUM: How Does Yum Brands Trade Heading Into, and After, Earnings?

By Ryan D. Lavender Published on April 15, 2021 at 4:58 PM

Yum Brands plans to release its Q1 2021 earnings before the market open on Wednesday, April 28th. How do YUM shares tend to trade heading into earnings, and the day of (for a before-the-market-open) or after (for an after-the-market-close) an earnings release?