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Red Robin's turnaround is unproven, with the stock back at IPO prices from over 20 years ago after its growth story collapsed. Reports cite bad executive decisions and a refusal to correct course, though it now shows signs of a turnaround. Technically, its prior long-term support line could flip to resistance; the bigger signal is whether margins and foot traffic, both in collapse, can re-accelerate. x.comÂ
Restaurant stocks, including Chipotle and Wingstop, are uninvestable right now, with too many better places for money. Most have slowing growth, rising costs and poor margins. Wingstop's growth and margins look better than most, but it is still not a buy. x.com x.comÂ
Red Robin delivered another strong quarter, and with amazing leadership it should be worth more than Wendy's by 2027. x.comÂ
US restaurant stocks face probably the worst operating environment outside the global financial crisis as pressures pile up one after another. Labor and input costs are high, lower- and part of middle-income consumers are running out of money, GLP-1 drugs are curbing appetite and Gen Z is avoiding alcohol. x.comÂ
Wendy's fundamentals are falling apart, so the stock was never cheap even well off its highs. It has posted six straight quarters of falling same-store sales as smaller portions and higher prices erased the value proposition that defined the brand. Meritage Hospitality, the franchisee running 314 of its restaurants, just filed for Chapter 11 after its store-level earnings fell 48% last year. x.comÂ
Portillo's is a case of insiders dumping shares on public markets, and its struggles reflect incompetent management. Founder Dick Portillo sold out to private equity in 2014, which then unloaded the company on public investors. Five years after the IPO, its roughly $8 million average unit volume still has not produced profits. x.com x.com x.com x.comÂ
Chipotle's same-store sales are falling as even more affluent Americans can no longer afford to eat out. That makes it look like the next Wendy's. x.comÂ
McDonald's faces GLP-1 drugs, runaway inflation, shifting Gen Z preferences and terrible management execution, leaving it in its worst drawdown in 20 years outside of COVID. x.comÂ
BJ's Restaurants is overvalued because poor returns on new restaurants keep it from growing, yet the market grants it a higher multiple than Microsoft and 1.5x that of many SaaS companies. The relative valuation is appalling. x.comÂ
McDonald's shares keep falling because the consumer is not doing well, with disposable income at lows. The stock briefly dipped below $250 before rebounding to $251 and remains near multi-year lows. x.comÂ