Updating our Q4E Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Same-Store Sales Index

By Mark Kalinowski Published on January 11, 2021 at 12:00 AM

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Index for Q4E to +12.1%. This figure is based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during October, November, and December. We believe that December same-store sales were likely the best month of the quarter, while October was helped by arguably the busiest Halloween ever for pizza delivery/carryout.

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YUM (Post-Call) G&A Expenses Could Weigh on Q4 EPS

By Mark Kalinowski Published on October 29, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Earlier today, Yum Brands reported adjusted Q3 EPS of $1.01, ahead of our $0.83 forecast and sell-side consensus (according to Consensus Metrix) of $0.81. Third-quarter company-owned restaurant margins came to 17.9%, better than our 17.3% estimate and consensus of 16.1%. Taco Bell in particular generated very good restaurant-level margins (27.5% in Q3), although on today’s conference call management commented that over time margins should become more normalized as larger orders may become less of the overall sales mix.

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Updating our Q3E Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Same-Store Sales Index

By Mark Kalinowski Published on October 1, 2020 at 12:00 AM

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Index for Q3E to +13.6%. This figure is based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during July, August, and September.

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