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Darden’s Small Q1 Earnings Miss Masks an Olive Garden Slowdown
Darden is growing, but its biggest chain is moving slowly. Investors will be watching to see whether Olive Garden can close some of the gap.
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Treasury Yields Are Rising – Why That Matters Beyond Washington
Higher Treasury yields are a problem for bond traders the federal government, and for households, but they could be attracted to savers.
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Cintas Earnings: Why Its $545 Million Buyback Matters At 35X Earnings
Cintas is continuing to acquire shares when the company is already trading at a significant premium and is looking to fund its planned acquisition of UniFirst.
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LongHorn’s Explosive Growth Is Powering Darden’s Portfolio
Darden has a clear path to continue to ramp up its earnings within its current structure if LongHorn continues to drive sales and margin gains.
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Novo Nordisk (NVO) Looks Terrible But Here’s What Wall Street is Missing
While there’s no denying that NVO stock represents a weak-looking trade, bullish contrarians may simply need to exercise patience.
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Ads, Chicken, and $8.5 Billion: Is McDonald’s Turnaround Worth Buying?
The market is pricing McDonald’s as a broken brand. Management calls it an execution problem. Either way, MCD stock looks tasty.
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KB Home Finds a Bright Spot as Its Backlog Starts Growing Again
KB Home has a growing backlog but has to show investors that it can turn that into profitable revenue without giving the margin back along the way.
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UBS Sees an Opportunity in CoreWeave Stock
CoreWeave offers exposure to a fast-growing market, but CRWV’s future depends on the company’s ability to build capacity to cover the high cost.
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Viking Therapeutics’ Weight-Loss Drug Shows Substantial Promise
Even weekly weight loss injections can become difficult to fit into everyday life. New results from Viking Therapeutics may solve that problem.
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Berkshire Hathaway Is Buying Lennar Stock. Why Now?
The broad pressure on homebuilders makes Lennar’s struggles part of a larger industry story rather than an isolated problem.
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