Best Restaurant Stocks To Keep An Eye On - April 6th

Key Points

• MarketBeat's screener highlights Booking (BKNG), Chipotle (CMG) and McDonald's (MCD) as the top restaurant stocks to watch, based on the highest dollar trading volume over the past several days.
• These stocks are highly sensitive to consumer spending and operational cost swings (food, labor, rent), so investors watch metrics like same-store sales, unit growth, average check and franchising margins.
• Booking is an online travel/reservation provider (Booking.com, priceline.com, Agoda), while Chipotle and McDonald's are restaurant operators/franchisors, showing the screener captures both travel-reservation and traditional restaurant businesses.

Booking, Chipotle Mexican Grill, and McDonald's are the three Restaurant stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Restaurant stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose primary business is operating or franchising eating establishments—ranging from quick-service and fast-casual chains to full-service and specialty restaurants. Investors assess them using metrics like same-store sales, unit growth, average check, franchising margins and cost sensitivity (food, labor, rent), so these stocks tend to be sensitive to consumer spending patterns and commodity/operational cost swings. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Restaurant stocks within the last several days.

Booking (BKNG)

Booking Holdings Inc, formerly The Priceline Group Inc., is a provider of travel and restaurant online reservation and related services. The Company, through its online travel companies (OTCs), connects consumers wishing to make travel reservations with providers of travel services across the world. It offers consumers an array of accommodation reservations (including hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, apartments, vacation rentals and other properties) through its Booking.com, priceline.com and agoda.com brands.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants. It sells food and beverages through offering burritos, burrito bowls, quesadillas, tacos, and salads. The company also provides delivery and related services its app and website. It has operations in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

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McDonald's (MCD)

McDonald's Corp. engages in the operation and franchising of restaurants. It operates through the following segments: U.S., International Operated Markets, and International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate. The U.S. segment focuses its operations on the United States. The International Operated Markets segment consists of operations and the franchising of restaurants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the U.K.

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