Value Meals: Dividends and Value in the Restaurant Business
Published Jan 26, 2011 on Seeking Alpha

ZenPrime recently screened stocks looking for those with value plus dividends in the restaurant industry. Our criteria for a screen was to look at companies with positive Return on Invested Capital that also provided a divided. Among the stocks that fall in this category, are there any attractive investments to be had? Our screen returned the following 11 stocks: Ark Restaurants Corp (ARKR), Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc (BAGL), Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (BOBE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc (CBRL), Darden Restaurants, Inc (DRI), Brinker International, Inc. (EAT), Frisch's Restaurants Inc (FRS), McDonald's Corp. (MCD), P.F.Chang's China Bistro, Inc. (PFCB), Tim Hortons Inc. (THI), and finally Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM). On to the analysis ... Using analysts' 5-year growth estimates, we get the following results for intrinsic value:... Read more