McDonald’s (MCD) is taking a risk, but it may be a clever one. The world’s largest fast food chain will absorb most of the rising prices of food commodities to keep prices…
Douglas A. McIntyre McDonald’s Corporation announced today that global comparable sales increased 5.0% in April and 6.8% year-to-date. Systemwide sales for McDonald’s worldwide restaurants increased 13.7% in April, or 6.5% in constant currencies. U.S. comparable…
Douglas A. McIntyre The hallmark of some of the most successful companies over the last fifty years is that the CEOs spent a great deal of their time with customers and at company locations around…
McDonald’s (MCD) had a blow-out quarter. Global comparable sales increased 7.4%, Revenue rose 6% to $5.615 billion. Operating income was up 24% to $1.463 billion. Earnings per share were $0.81, up 31%…
Douglas A. McIntyre There are many restaurants reporting earnings this week, some who have suffered from economic sensitivity and some who have not. People do have to eat when times are good and when times…
It has been one year since 24/7 Wall St. looked at over 40 Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) from Texas to New York. Since then, the company has replaced its CEO with the company’s…
Try to get a Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) at 3 AM. No such luck. But, according to data given to us by McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), more than 30% of its 13,700 US stores…
These are the top analyst calls we are looking at this Friday morning: Apartment Investment (NYSE: AIV) Cut To Neutral From Buy at UBS. Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) Cut To…
"The current financial crisis is the most serious since the second world war, and perhaps since the Great Depression."–The London Observer, March 23, 2008 Many investors find it hard to believe that…
At yesterday’s annual meeting Howard Schultz, founder of Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), said he would fix the company or die with his boots on. He may wanted to be fitted for an extra…
It almost seems that no matter what happens, there are always some major companies whose shares just won’t recover when the broad market recovers. Sometimes it’s on news, and sometimes it is…
Investors usually try to find stocks where they run for cover when the stock market is in turmoil. This Monday is no exception after seeing the Bear Stearns implosion "takeunder" and the…
The price of wheat has gone up three-fold in ten months. For something that looks like a weed, that is an impressive run. Since a large number of business from McDonald’s (NYSE:…
McDonald’s amazed even itself with magnificent same-store sales in February. Ronald McDonald and the other clowns in management watched the firm post February comparable sales which increased 8.3% in the U.S. as…
Douglas A. McIntyre Defensive stocks are often the stocks that investors try to use as a safe harbor to wait out the storms. We have covered many of these and even gave our own list…