The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Arcos Dorados (NYSE:ARCO) and the rest of the traditional fast food stocks fared in Q4.
McDonald's leverages its global reach, impressive digital engagement, and consistent dividends to maintain investor appeal despite evolving market dynamics.
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Investors weren't exactly wrong to be excited about the companies trying to make meal kits and plant-based meat cool. But they sure haven't made any money from those bets. So...what went wrong?
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McDonald's currently trades at $316.29 per share and has shown little upside over the past six months, posting a middling return of 4.1%. However, the stock is beating the S&P 500’s 7% decline during that period.
Restaurants increase convenience and give many people a place to unwind. But it’s not all sunshine and rainbows as they’re notoriously hard to run thanks to perishable ingredients, labor shortages, or volatile consumer spending.
Unfortunately, these factors have spelled trouble for the industry as it has shed 4% over the past six months. This performance was worse than the S&P 500’s 1.6% decline.
Industrials businesses quietly power the physical things we depend on, from cars and homes to e-commerce infrastructure. Still, their generally high capital requirements expose them to the ups and downs of economic cycles, and the market seems to be baking in a prolonged downturn
as the industry has shed 8.6% over the past six months. This drop was worse than the S&P 500’s 1.6% loss.
As the Q4 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the traditional fast food industry, including McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) and its peers.
