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Where Could McDonald's Next Growth Come From?
09.10.2026 17:39
McDonald's (MCD) shares have lost about 20% over the twelve months to October 9, 2026, while the S&P 500 gained about 17%. The U.S. market has been the weak spot. Executives acknowledged on their August 4 call that the domestic business struggled with execution during the second quarter. Yet that same discussion highlighted a new addition to the U.S. menu that is currently beating the company's internal plan. So what is it, and is it big enough to matter.
What Investors Might Expect From September's Inflation Report
08.10.2026 08:00
U.S. bond yields surged to multi-decade highs ahead of the October 2026 CPI report. Read more on the US economy here.
YUM vs. DPZ: Which Dividend Stock Actually Delivers for Retirement Investors?
07.10.2026 13:15
Two fast-food franchisors share nearly identical business models, yet one has quietly crushed the other on dividend growth while losing badly on share price stability. Picking the wrong one for retirement could cost you years of income.
TD Cowen Maintains Buy on Yum Brands, Lowers Price Target to $177
07.10.2026 06:35
TD Cowen analyst Andrew M. Charles maintains Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $180 to $177.
Restaurant Brands Stock Is Down 11%. The Dividend Is Getting More Interesting
04.10.2026 12:15
Four fast food brands under one roof sounds like a safety net, but Tim Hortons carries so much of the weight that a slowdown in Canada could test a dividend that has never once been cut.
Chipotle's Menu Innovation Ramps Up 4X: Can It Sustain Traffic Growth?
02.10.2026 13:19
CMG is accelerating menu innovation 4X, with strong LTO attachment rates and transaction gains supporting its push for sustained traffic growth.
Popular chicken chain exits market, closes more locations
30.09.2026 00:34
The fried chicken chain operates more than 800 stores across 17 states.
What Could Yum! Brands (YUM) Gain From KFC Open House In Texas?
27.09.2026 15:07
Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) has backed a new KFC "Open House" restaurant concept in Texas that functions as a live test kitchen. The Open House site pilots table service for dine in guests alongside a dedicated mobile order lane for faster pick ups. KFC is using the location to trial expanded menu options under its broader "Kentucky Fried comeback" effort before any wider U.S. rollout. The KFC Open House experiment in Texas is only one piece of the wider story at Yum! Brands today. Take a look at...
Yum! Brands (YUM) Stock Trades At A Discount On Its 23% Five Year Return
27.09.2026 07:08
Yum! Brands has seen its share price drift lower this year even as the business leans into new concepts at KFC and works through a traffic setback at Taco Bell, which puts the spotlight firmly on what investors are paying for its cash flows. With the stock last closing at US$138.63, the key issue is whether that market price lines up with what a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) view of the company’s future cash generation suggests. Over the past 5 years the stock has returned 23.3%, which raises...
Yum! Brands (YUM) vs Restaurant Brands International (QSR): Which is a Better Stock to Buy?
26.09.2026 01:26
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) owns KFC and Taco Bell. Restaurant Brands International Inc. (NYSE:QSR) owns Burger King, Popeyes, and Tim Hortons. Both collect royalties from franchisees rather than running the restaurants themselves. Yum is the larger of the two at roughly $38 billion against about $25 billion, and both trade near eighteen times their past […]
KFC stages a 'Kentucky fried comeback' with new test kitchen
25.09.2026 16:22
KFC — one of the chains owned by Yum! Brands (YUM) — is opening a new test kitchen in Texas, where it will experiment with new menu items. KFC US President Catherine Tan-Gillespie sits down with Yahoo Finance's Brooke DiPalma to discuss the brand's "Kentucky Fried comeback."
This Yum Brands Analyst Is No Longer Bullish; Here Are Top 5 Downgrades For Thursday
24.09.2026 10:16
Wall Street analysts downgraded Rollins, Yum Brands, Alkami Technology, VICI Properties and Safehold, cutting targets for Rollins and Alkami.
Huagui Group: A Global Player across Two RMB100-Billion Aquatic Markets, with Honghu Lotus Root Ranked No. 1 for Antioxidant Content
24.09.2026 10:13
Honghu, Hubei, Sept. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Honghu lotus root ranks first in antioxidant content among major lotus-root-producing regions, according to industrial report by China Merchants Securities (CMS), highlighting the ingredient's potential beyond traditional food and into the fast-growing functional food, superfood and biotechnology markets. Building on Honghu's distinctive nutritional profile and industrial scale, Huagui Group is expanding from lotus root and aquatic vegetables int
Argus Research Downgrades Yum Brands to Hold
24.09.2026 07:56
Argus Research analyst John Staszak downgrades Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM) from Buy to Hold.
Taco Bell’s traffic slump persists as outbreak ends
17.09.2026 09:15
Nearly two months after iceberg lettuce at the chain was linked to Cyclospora, the QSR giant’s foot traffic remains depressed, according to Placer.ai.
Chipotle Stock Looks Expensive Until You Price The New Restaurants
17.09.2026 00:01
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) trades at about 28.4 times its trailing adjusted earnings, the basis that adds stock-based compensation back to normalized net income. That is a steep price for a chain whose existing restaurants are guided to low single-digit sales growth for 2026. On what analysts expect Chipotle to earn by 2027, the same price is about 24.1 times. Those forward multiples sit on analyst-consensus earnings, which are not defined the same way as the trailing adjusted figure, so part
1 Mid-Cap Stock with Exciting Potential and 2 We Question
16.09.2026 08:59
Mid-cap stocks have the best odds of scaling into $100 billion corporations thanks to their tested business models and large addressable markets. But the many opportunities in front of them attract significant competition, spanning from industry behemoths with seemingly infinite resources to small, nimble players with chips on their shoulders.
Bear of the Day: Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM)
16.09.2026 08:00
Yum's earnings outlook has trended lower over the last several years as it struggles against headwinds facing the fast food industry.
Popular pizza dining chain franchisee closes 13 locations
12.09.2026 16:03
The pizza restaurant franchisee at one time owned over two dozen locations.
Cracker Barrel Stock Doubled This Year. It’s Time to Ask For the Check.
11.09.2026 06:15
The company’s customer base is rapidly growing too old to go on road trips, which is probably a big reason sales have fallen over the past four years.