Top Restaurant Stocks To Follow Now - April 9th

Key Points

• Booking (BKNG), McDonald's (MCD), Chipotle (CMG), Toast (TOST), and Restaurant Brands International (QSR) are MarketBeat’s five restaurant-related stocks to watch today, having the highest dollar trading volume in recent days.
• Investors should monitor metrics like same-store sales, unit growth, franchising mix, commodity and labor costs, and operating margins, which drive revenue visibility and sensitivity to consumer-spending cycles.
• The group covers diverse business models — global operators/franchisors (MCD, CMG, QSR), a restaurant tech/point-of-sale provider (TOST), and an online travel/reservations platform (BKNG) — so drivers of performance differ across the names.

Booking, McDonald's, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Toast, and Restaurant Brands International are the five Restaurant stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Restaurant stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that operate, franchise, or supply foodservice establishments—such as fast-food chains, casual-dining restaurants, cafés, and caterers. Investors evaluate them using metrics like same-store sales (traffic and average check), unit growth, franchising mix, commodity and labor costs, and operating margins, since these factors drive revenue visibility and sensitivity to economic and consumer-spending cycles. 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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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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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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Toast (TOST)

Toast, Inc. operates a cloud-based digital technology platform for the restaurant industry in the United States, Ireland, and India. The company offers software products for restaurant operations and point of sale, such as Toast POS, Toast now, multi-location management, kitchen display system, Toast mobile order and pay, Toast catering and events, Toast invoicing, Toast tables, and restaurant retail; and hardware products, including Toast flex, Toast flex for guest, Toast go 2, Toast tap, kiosks, and Delphi by Toast.

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Restaurant Brands International (QSR)

Restaurant Brands International Inc. operates as a quick-service restaurant company in Canada, the United States, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Tim Hortons (TH), Burger King (BK), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (PLK), and Firehouse Subs (FHS). The company owns and franchises TH chain of donut/coffee/tea restaurants that offer blend coffee, tea, and espresso-based hot and cold specialty drinks; and fresh baked goods, including donuts, Timbits, bagels, muffins, cookies and pastries, grilled paninis, classic sandwiches, wraps, soups, and other food products.

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