BlackBox Implications for Restaurant Industry Same-Store Sales

By Mark Kalinowski Published on March 5, 2020 at 12:00 AM

This is the final report in our series of reports showing the correlation between the widely-watched BlackBox Index — which aggregates same-store sales from 175+ restaurant concepts representing $75 billion in domestic systemwide sales — with various publicly-traded restaurant concepts’ same-store sales.

PZZA (Post-Call) Brand-Fixing Efforts Bearing Fruit, But EPS Guidance Light

By Mark Kalinowski Published on February 26, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Earlier today, Papa John’s (PZZA; Buy, $62.10) reported Q4 2019 adjusted EPS of $0.37. This exceeded our $0.35 forecast and sell-side consensus (according to Consensus Metrix) of $0.33.

DIN (Post-Call) The Dollar Drink Glass is Half Full

By Mark Kalinowski Published on February 24, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Earlier today, Dine Brands (DIN; Buy, $98.51) reported adjusted Q4 2019 EPS of $1.78, ahead of our $1.72 forecast and sell-side consensus (according to Consensus Metrix) of $1.71.