THE WEEK THAT WAS, ENDING MARCH 15h – EARNINGS SEASON WINDING DOWN – STILL…TWO UPGRADES – with relevant transcripts & presentations

Restaurant Finance Monitor

PREVIOUSLY REPORTING:  Texas Roadhouse (TXRH) and Jack in the Box (JACK) upgraded to Outperform….otherwise:

Darden: Maintained Positively at 3 firms.

Noodles: Maintained Positively at 2 firms.

Exponential Fitness, Starbucks, BRC Corp all  maintained at Neutral by one firm.

Shake Shack & Restaurant Brands each maintained once Positively  by one firm.

COMPANIES REPORTING DURING WEEK: The One Group Hospitality, Arcos Dorados

The One Group: Maintained once at Neutral, once at Buy

Conference call transcripts are below for all companies reporting in prior weeks with ratings changes (Texas Roadhouse & Jack in the Box),  initiations (none), or companies reporting in THE WEEK THAT WAS: (Arcos Dorados and The One Group Hospitality)

TRANSCRIPTS & PRESENTATIONS

Texas  Roadhouse (TXRH)

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4670843-texas-roadhouse-inc-txrh-q4-2023-earnings-call-transcript

Jack in the Box (JACK)

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4672217-jack-in-box-inc-jack-q1-2024-earnings-call-transcript

Arcos Dorados (ARCO)

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4678024-arcos-dorados-holdings-inc-arco-q4-2023-earnings-call-transcript

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4677939-arcos-dorados-holdings-inc-2023-q4-results-earnings-call-presentation

The One Group Hospitality (STKS)

Transcript not yet available – Replay available at company website

SLOW COUPLE OF WEEKS COMING UP –  will not publish next weekend because I WILL BE SKIING 🙂