THE WEEK THAT WAS, ENDING NOV. 10th – THE SECOND BUSIEST REPORTING WEEK, ONE DOWNGRADE, ONE INITIATION – LOTS OF “MAINTAINED" RATINGS - with relevant transcripts - "must attend" Restaurant Finance Development Conference in Las Vegas coming up!

PREVIOUSLY REPORTING – BLOOMIN’ BRANDS DOWNGRADED TO FROM STRONG BUY TO OUTPERFORM

Restaurant Brands maintained positively by 4 analysts.

Bloomin’ Brands maintained at Neutral twice, maintained at Overweight once

Portillo’s maintained twice at Overweight

Starbucks and Wingstop maintained once at Neutral

Sweetgreen maintained once at Overweight

REPORTED DURING WEEK: NO RATINGS CHANGES

Planet Fitness maintained by 3 analysts Positively

European Wax Center maintained by 1 analyst Equal-Weight, by 2 analysts Positively

CAVA Group maintained by 1 analyst Neutral, by 1 Positively

The One Group Hospitality maintained once Neutral, once Positive

Noodles maintained once at Equal-Weight

Dutch Bros, Carrol’s & Xponential Fitness maintained once Positive

Conference call transcripts are below for all companies reporting in prior weeks with ratings changes (Bloomin’ Brands), initiations (Portillo’s), or companies reporting in THE WEEK THAT WAS: (Planet Fitness, The One Group, Dutch Bros, CAVA, Xponential Fitness, Noodles, European Wax Center, Kura Sushi, Carrol’s, BRC, Inc., The Joint)

Planet Fitness (PLNT)

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4648529-planet-fitness-inc-plnt-q3-2023-earnings-call-transcript

The One Group Hospitality (STKS)

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4648773-one-group-hospitality-inc-stks-q3-2023-earnings-call-transcript

Dutch Bros (BROS)

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4648938-dutch-bros-inc-bros-q3-2023-earnings-call-transcript

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4650691-dutch-bros-inc-2023-q3-results-earnings-call-presentation

CAVA Group (CAVA)

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4649554-cava-group-inc-cava-q3-2023-earnings-call-transcript

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4649560-cava-group-inc-2023-q3-results-earnings-call-presentation

Xponential Fitness (XPOF)

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4624608-xponential-fitness-inc-xpof-q2-2023-earnings-call-transcript