Two Quarterly Reports: Visa and Yum! Brands
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Yum Brands (YUM), Visa Inc. (V)Let's take a quick look at two companies that posted quarterly reports. One makes its money from plastic (the kind you use to buy things), the other serves pizza, poultry, and tacos to the m...
Week in Preview: Earnings Expectations for Intel, GE, Google and JPMorgan
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Google (GOOG), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Economic DataThe earnings season kicked off last week with better-than-expected results from Alcoa (AA) and Yum! Brands (YUM), while Mar...
Yum! Brands Earnings: Profit Tops Projection in Q3
Filed under: Earnings Reports, McDonald's (MCD), Yum Brands (YUM)Yum! Brands (YUM) issued its fiscal Q3 report Tuesday after the bell. The shares didn't do much during the extended-hours session; they were down roughly 0.4% to $46.63. Not an exciting m...
Week in Preview: New Earnings Season, Employment Data and More
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, PepsiCo (PEP), Alcoa Inc (AA), Yum Brands (YUM), Marriott Intl'A' (MAR), Economic DataAlcoa (AA), Marriott (MAR) and Yum! Brands (YUM) kick off the new earnings season this week. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Re...
Yum! Brands Boosts Dividend, but Is It Time to Buy Shares?
Filed under: McDonald's (MCD), Yum Brands (YUM), Wendy's Intl (WEN)Yum! Brands (YUM), a restaurant entity whose multiple concepts compete with McDonald's (MCD) and Wendy's/Arby's Group (WEN), gave shareholders some great news this week: their dividend ...
Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Reports Lousy Earnings
Filed under: Earnings Reports, McDonald's (MCD), Yum Brands (YUM), Wendy's Intl (WEN)Wendy's/Arby's Group (WEN) issued its second-quarter earnings on Thursday. The fast-food entity beat expectations. But, as far as I'm concerned, it wasn't any big deal...
China Is Crazy over KFC
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Coca-Cola (KO), China, McDonald's (MCD), Yum Brands (YUM), Stocks to Buy"Ya'll oughta try some of this here fried chicken; you ain't gonna believe it!" "Xie-Xie!" (pronounced "she-she") That is Chinese for thank you. From t...
Sonic Drops on Q3 News
Filed under: Earnings Reports, McDonald's (MCD), Yum Brands (YUM)Sonic Corporation (SONC) is down this afternoon by over 5%. At the time I was checking quotes on the stock, I came up with a price of $8.80. Not too encouraging for shareholders, especial...
Nathan’s Famous Has a Boring Q4
Filed under: Earnings Reports, McDonald's (MCD), Yum Brands (YUM)Nathan's Famous, Inc. (NATH) issued its fourth-quarter report on Friday. Before we get to the results, let's have a quick review of the stock. It's always helpful to see how an equity has...
BK Wins Lawsuit over Burger Prices, Loses Investor Confidence
Filed under: McDonald's (MCD), Yum Brands (YUM), Burger King Hldgs (BKC), Stocks to Sell
Burger King Holdings, Inc. (BKC) typically has fought with chief rival McDonald's Corporation (MCD) when it came to prices and promotions. But recently...Wendy’s/Arby’s Group: Avoid After Q1?
Filed under: Earnings Reports, McDonald's (MCD), Yum Brands (YUM), Wendy's Intl (WEN), Burger King Hldgs (BKC)
I'm not a fan of Wendy's/Arby's Group (WEN). It just doesn't seem as safe as stocks like Burger King (BKC), McDonald's...
