Monday January 6, 2025, 07:00:00

McDonald’s (MCD) and Yum Brands (YUM): A Simple Investment Strategy (Updated 1/6/25)

By Mark Kalinowski

In the past, we’ve sometimes remarked to buysiders that it wouldn’t be a bad investment strategy — when choosing between large-cap restaurant stocks McDonald’s and Yum Brands — to simply pick the one with the more attractive (i.e., lower) valuation. In that frame of mind, we published note examining this simple strategy back on January 8, 2023 and on January 7, 2024. With this note, we take an updated look at that approach as a possible simple investment strategy.

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Monday January 6, 2025, 07:00:00

McDonald’s (MCD) and Yum Brands (YUM): A Simple Investment Strategy (Updated 1/6/25)

By Mark Kalinowski

In the past, we’ve sometimes remarked to buysiders that it wouldn’t be a bad investment strategy — when choosing between large-cap restaurant stocks McDonald’s and Yum Brands — to simply pick the one with the more attractive (i.e., lower) valuation. In that frame of mind, we published note examining this simple strategy back on January 8, 2023 and on January 7, 2024. With this note, we take an updated look at that approach as a possible simple investment strategy.

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Thursday January 2, 2025, 07:00:00

Restaurants: Kalinowski Equity Research’s Top Stock Pick for 2025

By Mark Kalinowski

Looking back to the end of 2009, and through the end of 12/31/24, the value of $10,000 invested in the Kalinowski top picks would now be worth $108,600 (a CAGR of about +17.2%). The value of $10,000 invested in the S&P 500 over that time would now be worth $76,776 (a CAGR of about +14.6%).

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