I quite like the business model of certain restaurant stocks like Wendy’s (WEN). The fast food firm is essentially a giant rent collector, albeit one in which rent is tied to the sale of hamburgers and fries. Around 95% of its 6,814 restaurants operate on a franchised basis as per…
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It has been a couple of years since J.M. Smucker (SJM) last featured on the site. I doubt the business requires a recap since there is hardly a soul in America who isn’t familiar with its products. After all, Ohio-based Smucker has a place in around 90% of the nation’s…
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Citigroup (C) released financial results last week. The banking giant last featured on the site back in January, but that pre-COVID article feels totally redundant now. At the time, annual profit generation looked to be somewhere in the region of $17.5B, or $8.50 in per-share terms. We can essentially cut…
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I last covered ConocoPhillips (COP) in the early days of the second quarter. Suffice to say, the stock has not shifted much on the price front since then. Its shares traded for around $32.90 back then, while they currently change hands for around $32.35. That rather disappointing performance comes despite…
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Kraft Heinz (KHC) stock last featured on the site back in February. The Heinz Ketchup and Philadelphia maker traded for around $27 per share back then, with that price backed up by FY19 adjusted profit of circa $2.85 per share. That may look cheap, though most folks know the company…
