By Mark Kalinowski
Published on July 28, 2020 at 12:00 AM
After today’s (Tuesday, July 28th’s) market close, Denny’s (DENN; Buy, $8.96) reported Q2 adjusted EPS of -$0.25, in between our -$0.28 projection and sellside consensus (according to Consensus Metrix) of -$0.20. On the other hand, Q2 adjusted EBITDA of -$5.1 million was better than our -$11.6 million estimate and consensus of -$6.9 million.
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By Mark Kalinowski
Published on June 10, 2020 at 12:00 AM
Earlier today, Yum Brands (YUM; Neutral, $94.25) filed an 8-K which included a business update. As a result, we raise our Q2E EPS estimate by +5 cents, to $0.55. Our full-year 2020E EPS forecast goes up by +10 cents, to $3.00. And, given this higher anticipated base of earnings coming off of this year, we raise our 2021E EPS projection by +5 cents, to $3.80.
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By Mark Kalinowski
Published on June 8, 2020 at 12:00 AM
After today’s market close, Wendy’s (WEN; Neutral, $22.65) published a business update, including a -1.9% U.S. same-store sales number for May 4-31, and noting that global same-store sales “for the last week of May turned positive in the low-single digit range.” This strongly suggests that U.S. same-store sales were positive the last week of May, as U.S. same-store sales have been running ahead of global same-store sales by roughly 130-140 basis points as of late.
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