Denny's

• Don't Skip Breakfast With These Stocks

  By Mark Yagalla - June 6, 2013 | Tickers: BOBE, CBRL, DENN, DIN

  In good times and bad, one basic luxury never went out of style – a good, old fashioned American breakfast. Americans have a love affair with breakfast. Generally it's good, filling and cheap. The restaurant chains that cater to this demographic have been great performers. They have defied the economic downturn. I see continued gains for the sector since I love their business model and their breakfasts.

  Nothing like an more »

• Hedge Your Risk With Food

  By Alexander Cho - June 5, 2013 | Tickers: DENN, MCD, YUM

  The recent wave of panic selling may continue over the short-term.

  Investors have been able to do well in an environment of declining bond coupon values. Generally speaking, investors are rotating out of low risk securities and have been buying into higher risk securities in order to avoid the loss of capital from a depreciating bond portfolio.

  Therefore, the logical conclusion was to buy stocks. Therefore, in this environment low more »

• Cracker Barrel is Country Strong

  By Julian Willis - April 1, 2013 | Tickers: CBRL, DENN, DIN

  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ: CBRL), the Southern-inspired restaurant operator and country kitsch gift store, is currently outclassing its publicly traded competitors in a variety of business metrics. Here are three reasons why the Lebanon, Tenn., company and operator of 621 restaurants should see its stock price appreciate 10% this spring and crack $90 per share by June.

  1. Quarterly revenue momentum
  First, let's run down some key more »

• Quick Service Food Stocks Are Trading at Caviar Prices

  By Bill Edson - March 18, 2013 | Tickers: DENN, DNKN, MCD, SBUX, YUM

  Globalization works both ways. Many American quick service companies are seeing growth from expansion into international markets. Though this is a wonderful growth story, value-minded investors will have to sit out until these firms trade at more reasonable price multiples.

  McDonald’s to franchise in Russia

  McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), which ranks as the number one restaurant globally in terms of sales, is planning to expand its operations deeper into more »

• Is This MicroCap a Good Investment After CEO's Buy?

  By Anh HOANG - January 3, 2013 | Tickers: DENN, BAGL, LUB

  I often pay attention to insider trading, especially when the top executives of a particular company buy a significant amount of stock. That is quite an important signal of value, and the indicator of a potential price surge in the near future. I will cover two companies that have experienced more than $300,000 worth of insider buying since the middle of December in two articles. In this article, I more »

• Marcato Capital Goes For Some Applebee’s With DineEquity

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 30, 2012 | Tickers: EAT, CBRL, DRI, DENN, DIN

  At the end of September, Marcato Capital had owned about 770,000 shares of DineEquity (NYSE: DIN), a $1.2 billion market cap restaurant company which owns the Applebee’s and IHOP brands (check out more stocks that Marcato owned). The fund has since increased that stake to just over 1 million shares, giving it ownership of 5.5% of the shares outstanding. Marcato is managed by Richard McGuire, who more »

• Heavy Insider Buying at This Major Restaurant Company

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - September 27, 2012 | Tickers: CBRL, DRI, DENN, JACK, CAKE

  There are many indicators used by investors in the financial world today. One of the most under-appreciated forms of analysis is insider trading sentiment. In most cases, individuals would be wise to consider the transactions performed by employees or board members within a specific company, because they have been proven to outperform the market by an average of 7 percentage points a year over the past half-century.

  While it is more »

• Mc Goes VEG

  By Somnath Guha - September 18, 2012 | Tickers: TAST, DENN, MCD

  The iconic American brand is seemingly gaining confidence of the Indian vegetarian population. McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) will open its first vegetarian-only location next year near the Golden Temple, a pilgrimage site sacred to Sikhs located in the city of Amritsar in northern India. There is no meat allowed in the temple (or smoking or alcohol, for that matter.)

  This isn't exactly the first time McDonald's is breaking more »

• Yum! Brands is Where Burger King Wants to be in China

  By Jonathan Yates - July 31, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, BKW, CAT, DENN, YUM

  With the irresponsible monetary policy of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, the shift of economic power to China from the United States has been overlooked.  At present, China has about $3 trillion in foreign reserves.  The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States has about $3 trillion in assets, too.  There is a major difference: China earned its foreign reserves by exporting more than it imports while the Federal Reserve more »

• US Companies will Benefit the Most from Growth Abroad

  By Jonathan Yates - July 13, 2012 | Tickers: BKW, KO, DENN, KRFT, MCD, PEP, WMT, DIS, YUM

  In a report just released by the McKinsey Global Institute of consulting firm McKinsey & Co., it is predicted that 600 cities will contribute about two thirds of the total global growth by 2025.  The study, "Urban world: Cities and the rise of the consuming class," projects that most of the growth will be in 440 cities and that one billion more members around the world will be added to "the more »

• Biglari Holdings Signature Move

  By jean graham - March 12, 2012 | Tickers: BRK-A, BH, CAW, DENN, MCD

  Biglari Holdings (NYSE: BH), modestly and eponymously named after Sardar Biglari, has been called the next Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) and Mr. Biglari the next Warren Buffet. Biglari clearly is a Buffett disciple.

  Berkshire, of course, is the company Warren Buffet built in large part using insurance company floats for cash. The lesson was not lost on Biglari and he has pursued two insurance companies in the past two and more »

• Serving Up Tasty Return Potential

  By Arthur Pinkasovitch - March 6, 2012 | Tickers: EAT, DRI, DENN, DIN, MCD

  DineEquity (NYSE: DIN) owns and operates two very distinct restaurant concepts: Applebee’s and IHOP. Based on growth patterns and fundamental valuations this restaurant business is well positioned to grow in the domestic and international market. Applebee’s locations can be found in 16 countries with appeal to those looking for a reasonably priced/good taste dining experience. After the refranchising and sale of 132 company-owned restaurants, there are currently more »

• A Turnaround Story to Sink Your Teeth Into?

  By Tom Gibbs - January 19, 2012 | Tickers: EAT, DRI, DENN, DIN, MCD, YUM

  Denny's (NASDAQ: DENN) investors have not had a very smooth ride in the recent past. A 2010 proxy battle over management and board positions, as well as continually weakening performance over the past several operating periods -- free cash flow has been falling by nearly 25% per year between 2006 and 2010 -- have made the corporation's shares less than desirable to the general investing public.

  However, with the recent more »