By Mark Kalinowski
Published on June 28, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Based on what we believe is our newly-improved quarter-by-quarter understanding of the Dine Brands (DIN) model, and in the context of the stock’s +40.1% year-todate rise through the market’s close on June 27th, we reduce our rating on DIN to Neutral (from Buy), and adjust our quarterly EPS estimates for Q2E-Q4E as follows:
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By Mark Kalinowski
Published on May 31, 2019 at 12:00 AM
With this report, we update our Q2E same-store sales forecasts for both brands owned by Dine Brands (DIN; Buy).
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By Mark Kalinowski
Published on May 12, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Given our latest data-driven checks, we raise our Q2E same-store sales forecast for McDonald’s U.S. by 60 basis points, to +4.6%, placing us 60 basis points above consensus (according to Consensus Metrix data) and also as the second-highest forecast in this regard on the sell-side. We believe McDonald’s continues to benefit for a number of reasons, some of which we pointed to in our May 6th report “April Burger-Sector Sales Trends Compared to March…” — we encourage you to read that report if you have not yet done so.
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