Restaurants

Piper Jaffray has issued a report raising the Price Target on BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ: BJRI) from $50 to $52 a share. According to the report, "Further, we continue to believe ongoing restaurant-level investments help support a compelling value proposition for consumers and should in turn help...

Bank of America has downgraded Ruby Tuesday (NYSE: RT) from Neutral to Underperform and has lowered the price objective from $13.60 to $9.

Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ: BJRI) from $50 to $52 and maintains its Overweight rating.

US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting quarterly earnings from General Electric Co (NYSE: GE). The Eurozone leaders agreed on the form of the second Greek bailout. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 48 points to 12,738.00 and futures on the S&P 500...

General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) is expected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.32 on revenue of $34.72 billion. Schlumberger NV (NYSE: SLB) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.85 on revenue of $9.17 billion. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ) is estimated to report its Q2 EPS at $0.55 on revenue of...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT) to report its Q2 earnings at $1.79 per share on revenue of $13.52 billion. Caterpillar shares gained 1.57% to $113.35 in after-hours trading. Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported its FQ4...

A number of companies reported earnings on Thursday after the closing bell. Here is a look at the biggest movers. Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) +9.07% to $34.50 Athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN) +9.10% to $53.00 Ruby Tuesday (NYSE: RT) -8.60% to $10.10 Acme Packet (NASDAQ: APKT) -8.09% to $55.25 C.R. Bard...

Così, Inc. (NASDAQ: COSI) today reported that system-wide comparable restaurant sales for the 2011 second quarter as measured for restaurants in operation for more than 15 months decreased by 0.2% when compared to the second quarter of 2010.

Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet Verizon Should Benefit from iPhone Demand Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is scheduled to report quarterly earnings before the market open on Friday. Investors will on the lookout for subscriber growth related to Apple's (...

Deutsche Bank reiterated its Hold rating on Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $60. In today's trading, YUM lost 0.09% of its value to trade around $54.29.

Sterne Agee is out with a research report on The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ: CAKE) and it has a Buy rating on shares after it reported earnings last night. It has a $36 price target on shares. In a note to clients, Sterne Agee writes, "We are maintaining our BUY rating based on the...

Many traders and investors see the 52-week high or low as an important indicator. Stocks that have a long-term trend in a certain direction are likely to continue, as that trend is the path of least resistance. In this case, shares of McDonalds (NYSE: MCD) are hitting new 52-week highs. Traders...

Piper Jaffray reiterated its Neutral rating on Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ: CAKE). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $30. On Wednesday, CAKE closed the day at $32.69. Its shares lost 4.1% of their value in today's pre-market trading to...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on The Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ: CAKE) from $32 to $35 and maintains its Neutral rating.

According to Jefferies, the Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ: CAKE) price target is increased to $30. Jefferies said that EPS $0.42 vs. the $0.40 & cons $0.42 as solid cost control offset rising food cost infl (guide raised to 4%). “PT of $30 based on 16x '12E EPS (17x NTM P/E, which is slightly...