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Morgan Stanley's Drive-Thru Pair Trade: Buy Restaurant Brands International, Sell Jack In The Box
Monday, March 26, 2018 - 10:35am | 643Read More...A plethora of quick service restaurant chains have undergone a refranchising process in the last five years, with company-owned stores being sold to franchisees, Morgan Stanley said in a sector-wide industry report. Now that the process has mostly come to an end, the sell-side firm has become...
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Burger King Takes Jab At Ronald McDonald With New Free Whopper Promotion
Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 3:13pm | 439Read More...Somewhere between last year’s clown hauntings and this year’s theatrical release of Stephen King’s “It,” Burger King saw an opportunity. An opportunity to torment its clown-touting foe. The Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR) chain is leveraging the globe...
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Will Short Sellers Hang On To Restaurant Brands International?
Friday, September 8, 2017 - 9:13am | 480Read More...Credit Suisse and other analysts are bullish on this restaurant operator. Yet short sellers have been betting heavily against the stock. Its share price has seesawed in the past few weeks. Credit Suisse found reason to be bullish on Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR). Hence...
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4 Catalysts Driving A Bullish View On Restaurant Brands
Thursday, September 7, 2017 - 1:29pm | 478Read More...Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR), the parent company of Burger King, Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen, and Tim Hortons, is among the small handful of companies that are expected to grow earnings in the face of sales and margin pressure, analysts at Credit Suisse said. As such, the firm...
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Restaurant Brands Up Nearly 30% In 2017; Ackman's Pershing Square Sells 10 Million Shares
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 - 10:37am | 275Read More...Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR) fell more than 1 percent Wednesday on news that Pershing Square Capital Management divested a 10 million share block. But the sale wasn't reflective of any negative sentiment toward the company. It was “simply for portfolio management...
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3 Unique Catalysts On The Horizon For Restaurant Brands
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 3:59pm | 385Read More...Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR) is seeing three unique catalysts that led Oppenheimer to upgrade the stock to Outperform with a $70 price target. Announcements of Unit Growth Acceleration Oppenheimer's Brian Bittner analysis shows that the company’s accretive cap-...
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My Phone Eavesdrops On Me And Yours Can Too
Sunday, April 23, 2017 - 1:05pm | 1406Read More...I was talking to my Uber driver, a Syrian refugee who arrived here two years ago, and we chatted about life and death and bombs until my eavesdropping Android made things weird. The phone — a Moto Z Play Droid — would not shut up. I pulled it out of my jacket pocket and realized our...
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3 Reasons To Like Restaurant Brands Buying Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 4:17pm | 322Read More...Shares of Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR) set a new 52-week high after the owner of the Burger King and Tim Hortons fast-food chains agreed to buy Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc (NASDAQ: PLKI) for $1.8 billion. For each share of Popeyes, Restaurant Brands will pay $79 in cash,...
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Fast Food In 2016: Who Came Out On Top And Who's Best Positioned For The Future?
Sunday, February 19, 2017 - 2:29pm | 781Read More...In the race to the top of the fast food chain, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) investors haven’t seemed to be lovin’ it. Meanwhile, Wendys Co (NASDAQ: WEN) fans appeared to gain faith that it’s really “better here,” and buyers of Restaurant Brands...
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Restaurant Brands One Of The Few Dining Stocks With A Clear Path To Upside
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 11:49am | 404Read More...Stephens upgraded shares of Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR) to Overweight from Equal Weight, attributing the upgrade to its belief that it is one of the few restaurants where investors can easily draw a multi-year path to margin improvement and earnings upside. Above Consensus 3Q...
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Burgers Up: The Redhead, Clown And King Face Off In This Citi Showdown
Friday, September 30, 2016 - 12:19pm | 693Read More...Citi in a research note released Friday assessed Wendys Co (NASDAQ: WEN), McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) and Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR) Burger King on five counts and announced the winners on these criteria. Burger King wins hands down, with the quick service restaurant...
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53% Of Whopperito Calories Come From The Tortilla
Monday, August 15, 2016 - 10:34am | 293Read More...It's been more than two months since Burger King, a unit of Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR), launched Whopperito in select areas. However, it will be available nationwide beginning today. The Whopperito is priced at $2.99. The company plans to keep it a low-priced one, at...
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RBC Analysts: Burger King Promotions Going Well, Strong Quarter Expected From Tim Hortons
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - 1:54pm | 333Read More...RBC said Burger King's U.S. SSS trends likely rebounded in July and expects another strong quarter from Tim Hortons. Both Burger King and Tim Hortons are owned by Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR). However, the brokerage still expects a SSS decline of 1 percent for Burger King U.S. in...
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Citi Takes A Big Bite Of Carrols Restaurant: Company's 2H Should Be Solid
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 2:08pm | 216Read More...Citi said Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST) appears well positioned for a solid second half of 2016 after its latest Burger King franchisee checks have seen a modest improvement in trends over the last few weeks. Carrols is the largest Burger King franchisee in the United States. Citi...
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Business Insider Calls Burger King's Mac 'n' Cheetos An 'Affront To Nature'
Friday, June 24, 2016 - 10:48am | 158Read More...Burger King (Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR)) is set to launch its new food item "Mac n' Cheetos" on June 27, and Business Insider isn't too pleased. Calling them "an affront to nature," a few insiders explained their experience. Business Insider grabbed some of them at a New York...















