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JP Morgan Maintains Overweight Rating on McDonalds
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 8:47am | 90A report from J.P. Morgan reiterates its Overweight rating on McDonalds (NYSE: MCD). The report states, “On September 28th we first made the explicit call of preferring YUM over MCD. Developments since this time have been good for YUM in our view, but McDonald's recent results -...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes ConocoPhillips
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 5:08am | 288On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Linn Energy (NASDAQ: LINE) is “terrific." For Sina Corp (NASDAQ: SINA), he said, "No, no, no, no. I'm not recommending any Chinese stocks other than Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU), especially solar stocks." For JetBlue Airways (...
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Invest Like Steve Cohen...Using ETFs
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 1:13pm | 556Investors looking to pull off their best impression of SAC Capital honcho Steve Cohen have a few options. Among them: Come up with the coin to invest in SAC and have Cohen and his crew manager you money. However, the minimum investment, whatever it is, is probably off limits to more than 90% of...
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Small Bizeo, Taking a "Wall Street Approach" to Franchising
Monday, November 14, 2011 - 12:05pm | 663Have you ever wanted to own a Subway or McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) restaurant? If so, there's a new website for that: Small Bizeo. Developed with the intention of helping people acquire a piece of the small business pie, Small Bizeo is considerably different from other advice channels. “Small Bizeo...
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UPDATE: Sterne Agee Raises PT to $106 on McDonald's
Monday, November 14, 2011 - 8:50am | 116A report from Sterne Agee reiterates its Buy rating, raises its price target from $100 to $106, and lowers FY12 EPS estimate from $5.81 to $5.74 on McDonald's (NYSE: MCD). The report states, “McDonald's investor day (hosted on 11/10) reinforces our BUY thesis as we believe that the Company's sales...
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Citi Maintains Neutral Rating and $94 PT on McDonald's
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 10:37am | 102A report from Citi reiterates its Neutral rating and $94 price target on McDonald's (NYSE: MCD). The report states, “We attended MCD's Analyst Day and came away encouraged w/the co's l-t biz tone. While nothing truly incremental came out of the meeting, MCD remains laser focused on its main...
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Goldman Sachs Maintains Buy Rating and $100 PT on McDonald's
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 9:33am | 77A report from Goldman Sachs reiterates its Buy rating and $100 price target on McDonald's (NYSE: MCD). The report states, “The company is reinvesting its record profits into continued increases in its ad budget, restaurant remodels which are modernizing its image, and technology improvements such...
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Piper Jaffray Maintains Overweight Rating and $98 PT on McDonalds
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 8:50am | 86A report from Piper Jaffray reiterates its Overweight rating and $98 price target on McDonalds (NYSE: MCD). The report states, “We recently attended a McDonald's-hosted analyst day where C-level executives and management teams from all major geographies were on-hand to discuss current global...
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Oppenheimer Maintains Outperform Rating and $100 PT on McDonald's
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 8:21am | 75A report from Oppenheimer reiterates its Outperform rating and $100 price target on McDonald's (NYSE: MCD). The report states, “Management reiterated its long-term growth targets (6-7% operating income) and we are confident MCD can drive continued market share gains in 2012 and beyond. Incremental...
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McDonald's Global Comparable Sales Up 5.5% in October
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 8:59am | 39McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) today announced global comparable sales growth of 5.5% in October. Performance by segment was as follows: U.S. up 5.2% Europe up 4.8% Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa up 6.1%
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Piper Jaffray Maintains Overweight Rating and $98 PT on McDonald's
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 8:23am | 105A report from Piper Jaffray reiterates its Overweight rating and $98 price target on McDonald's (NYSE: MCD). The report states, “Upon conclusion of our proprietary October traffic analysis we are maintaining our U.S. 4Q11 comp estimate at +4.0%. For the month of October, we predict samestore sales...
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Lousy Economy Can't Buck Starbucks
Friday, November 4, 2011 - 1:18pm | 528By Michael Comeau McDonald's (MCD) isn't the only food & beverage powerhouse riding out the stealth depression in style -- coffee chain Starbucks (SBUX) delivered better-than-expected fourth-quarter results after the closing bell yesterday, along with solid 2012 guidance. Starbucks reported...
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Starbucks Earnings Preview: Analysts Expect Rising Revenue, Falling EPS
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 10:13am | 567Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) unveils its next round of earnings this Thursday, November 3, 2011. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's fourth quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Wall Street expects an EPS of 36 cents/share and revenues of $2.95 billion...
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Would a Permanent McRib Boost McDonald's Earnings?
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 2:41pm | 412McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) has been using the McRib to develop an almost cult-like following. Legions of fans call for the McRib to return to the restaurant's menu every year, and are appeased when it appears for about a month or so. Given its extreme popularity, would McDonald's benefit from adding...
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The Oxen Group Maintains McDonald's Hold, Increases PT
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 11:30am | 26The Oxen Group maintained its McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) Hold rating and increased its McDonald's price target from $92 to $102.50.