Top Restaurant Stocks To Follow Now - October 18th

Key Points

• Five restaurant stocks to watch include Booking, McDonald's, Chipotle, Texas Roadhouse, and Darden Restaurants, all of which have experienced high trading volume recently.
• Investors are monitoring these restaurant stocks for metrics such as same-store sales, unit growth, and their sensitivity to factors like consumer spending and inflation.
• Each featured company operates across various segments and geographies, indicating a diversification of offerings from fast food to full-service dining.

Booking, McDonald's, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Texas Roadhouse, and Darden Restaurants are the five 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 restaurants and related foodservice brands, from fast-food chains to casual dining and upscale eateries. Investors watch these stocks for metrics like same‑store sales, unit growth, franchise vs. company‑owned mix, and sensitivity to consumer spending, labor and food‑cost inflation, and changing dining trends. 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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Texas Roadhouse (TXRH)

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Darden Restaurants (DRI)

Darden Restaurants, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. It operates under Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Yard House, The Capital Grille, Seasons 52, Bahama Breeze, Eddie V's Prime Seafood, and Capital Burger brand names.

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