Restaurant Brands Intl saw its IBD SmartSelect Composite Rating jump to 96 Friday, up from 88 the day before.
The new score tells you the company is now outperforming 96% of all stocks in terms of the most important fundamental and technical stock-picking criteria. History shows the top market performers tend to have a 95 or higher score as they launch their major climbs.
Restaurant Brands Intl is not currently near a proper buy zone. Look for the stock to form and break out of a new base.
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One weak spot is the company's 73 EPS Rating, which tracks quarterly and annual earnings-per-share growth. Look for that to improve to 80 or better to show it's in the top 20% of all stocks.
Its Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B shows moderate buying by institutional investors over the last 13 weeks.
The company reported 8% EPS growth for Q4. That marks three straight quarters of rising EPS performance. Revenue growth increased 26%, up from 25% in the prior quarter. The company has now posted increasing growth in each of the last five quarters.
Restaurant Brands Intl earns the No. 4 rank among its peers in the Retail-Restaurants industry group. Dutch Bros is the No. 1-ranked stock within the group.
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