By Mark Kalinowski
Published on January 28, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Recently, the National Owners Association (NOA) — the first-ever independent franchisee association for McDonald’s U.S. — surveyed McDonald’s U.S. franchisees regarding delivery and the economics surrounding delivery. In this report, you will find the results of that survey.
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By Mark Kalinowski
Published on January 7, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Recently, McDonald’s (MCD; Buy) National Leadership Council (NLC) — a group that represents McDonald’s franchisees — hired a top consulting firm to conduct an online poll “with 1,154 McDonald’s Owner Operators [franchisees].” We have obtained a copy of the detailed survey results, and include them in this report.
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By Mark Kalinowski
Published on October 31, 2018 at 12:00 AM
Earlier today, Yum Brands (YUM; Buy) reported adjusted Q3 EPS of $1.04, exceeding our $0.83 forecast and sell-side consensus of $0.83. However, this $1.04 figure includes a $0.22 boost from an update in the fair value of Yum’s investment in GrubHub (GRUB; Not Rated), which led to $94 million of pre-tax investment income. Excluding this $0.22 boost, adjusted Q3 EPS would have been $0.82, one cent below our forecast and consensus. We do note that G&A/Revenues of 14.7% were higher than our 14.4% estimate.
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