THE WEEK THAT WAS, ENDING January 23rd – no earnings reports but 5 Upgrades, 2 Downgrades, & 2 Initiations – easy access here for conference call transcripts – click through yellow box on Home Page for over 60 write-ups, your “one stop shop”

DC Advisory

REPORTED IN PRIOR WEEKS – Five Upgrades, Two Downgrades, Two Initiations

Upgraded were: Starbucks and Darden to Outperform, Brinker (by 2 firms) and Darden to Overweight.

Downgraded were: Chipotle to “Mixed” and Darden to Market Perform.

Initiated Coverage: Texas Roadhouse at Buy, Brinker International at Buy.

Otherwise:

Chipotle maintained Positively at 3 firms.

Starbucks maintained Buy at 2 firms.

Texas Roadhouse maintained Overweight at 2 firms.

Yum Brands maintained Neutral at 2 firms.

Brinker maintained at Overweight by 1 firm.

Sweetgreen maintained at Neutral by 2 firms.

Wendy’s and Cheesecake maintained at Underweight by 1 firm.

Jack in the Box and CAVA Group maintained at Equal Weight by 1 firm.

Dutch Bros, Planet Fitness, Black Rock Coffee and WIngstop maintained Positively at 1 firm.

REPORTED IN THE WEEK THAT WAS – There were no earnings reports.

Conference call transcripts are below for all companies reporting in prior weeks with ratings change (Starbucks, Darden, Brinker, Chipotle), Reporting in THE WEEK THAT WAS: (nobody reported), and Initiated Coverage (Texas Roadhouse & Brinker).

Transcripts

Starbucks (SBUX)

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Darden Restaurants (DRI)

dri transcript

dri presenation

Brinker International (EAT)

eat transcript

eat presentation

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG)

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Texas Roadhouse (TXRH)

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