THE WEEK THAT WAS, ENDING FEBRUARY 28th – 12 COMPANIES REPORT, 3 UPGRADES, 1 DOWNGRADE, 2 INITIATIONS – SOME BIG STOCK MOVES – with relevant transcripts – ANOTHER BIG WEEK COMING UP

DC Advisory

PREVIOUSLY REPORTING:  ONE INITIATION, ONE DOWNGRADE, ONE UPGRADE

KURA SUSHI INITIATED AT HOLD, DINE BRANDS DOWNGRADED TO NEUTRAL, WINGSTOP UPGRADED TO BUY

OTHERWISE:

YUM BRANDS MAINTAINED AT HOLD

TEXAS ROADHOUSSE MAINTAINED AT BUY

DUTCH BROS MAINTAINED AT BUY

STARBUCKS MAINTAINED AT OVERWEIGHT

WINGSTOP MAINTAINED POSITIVELY AT 2 FIRMS

COMPANIES REPORTING DURING WEEK:  DOMINO’S,  PORTILLO’S, PLANET FITNESS, DRIVEN BRANDS, CAVA GROUP, JACK IN THE BOX, KRISPY KREME,  BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, RED ROBIN GOURMENT BURGERS,  SWEETGREEN

CAVA UPGADED BY 1 FIRM TO  OVERWEIGHT,  WENDY’S INITIATED BY 1 FIRM AT NEUTRAL RED ROBIN UPGRADED TO BUY AT 1 FIRM

OTHERWISE:

PORTILLO’S: MAINTAINED AT NEUTRAL BY 2 FIRMS, MAINTAINED AT BUY AT 1 FIRM

PLANET FITNESS: MAINTAINED AT NEUTRAL BY 2 FIRMS,  POSITIVELY AT 4 FIRMS

CAVA GROUP : MAINTAINED AT NEUTRAL BY 2 F IRMS, MAINTAINED POSITIVELY AT 2 FIRMS

DRIVEN BRANDS: MAINTAINED AT NEUTRAL BY 2 FIRMS, POSITIVELY AT 2 FIRMS

JACK IN THE BOX: MAINTAINED AT NEUTRAL BY 3 FIRMS,  POSITVELY AT 3 FIRMS

RESTAURANT BRANDS:  MAINTAINED AT HOLD  BY 1 FIRM

PAPA JOHNS: MAINTAINED POSITVELY AT 2 FIRMS

SWEETGREEN: MAINTAINED NEUTRAL AT 2 FIRMS, MAINTAINED POSITIVELY AT 6 FIRMS

BLOOMIN’ BRANDS: MAINTAINED NEGATIVELY AT 1 FIRM,  NEUTRAL BY 2 FIRMS

Conference call transcripts are below for all companies reporting in prior weeks with ratings changes (Dine Brands, Wingstop), Initiations (Kura Sushi), or companies reporting in THE WEEK THAT WAS: ( DOMINO’S,  PORTILLO’S, PLANET FITNESS, DRIVEN BRANDS, CAVA GROUP, JACK IN THE BOX, KRISPY KREME,  BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, RED ROBIN GOURMENT BURGERS,  SWEETGREEN).

TRANSCRIPTS:

Dine Brands (DINE)

Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha

Wingstop (WING)

Wingstop Inc. (WING) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha

Kura Sushi (KRUS)

Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (KRUS) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha

PORTILLO’S (PTLO)

Portillo’s Inc. (PTLO) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha

Portillo’s Inc. 2024 Q4 – Results – Earnings Call Presentation (NASDAQ _ PTLO) _ Seeking Alpha

DOMINO’S (DPZ)

Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (DPZ) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha

PLANET FITNESS (PLNT)

Planet Fitness (PLNT) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha

DRIVEN BRANDS (DRVN)

Driven Brands Holdings, Inc. (DRVN) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha

CAVA GROUP (CAVA)

CAVA Group, Inc. (CAVA) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha

CAVA Group, Inc. 2024 Q4 – Results – Earnings Call Presentation (NYSE _ CAVA) _ Seeking Alpha

JACK IN THE BOX (JACK)

Jack in the Box, Inc. (JACK) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha

KRISPY KREME (DNUT)

Krispy Kreme, Inc. (DNUT) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha

Krispy Kreme, Inc. 2024 Q4 – Results – Earnings Call Presentation (NASDAQ _ DNUT) _ Seeking Alpha

BLOOMIN’ BRANDS (BLMN)

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. (BLMN) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. 2024 Q4 – Results – Earnings Call Presentation (NASDAQ _ BLMN) _ Seeking Alpha

RED ROBIN GOURMENT BURGERS (RRGB)

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha

SWEETGREEN (SG)

Sweetgreen, Inc. (SG) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript _ Seeking Alpha