Will Slabaugh

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI), the restaurant operator best known for its Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse chains, reported fiscal third-quarter results Thursday that prompted Stephens to turn bullish on the stock. The Analyst Stephens' Will Slabaugh upgraded Darden...

Wendys Co (NASDAQ: WEN) reported fourth-quarter results Wednesday, with the fast food chain's earnings of 11 cents per share meeting Wall Street estimates, but sales of $309.2 million falling short of the $313.5 million analysts expected.  The Analyst Stephens' Will...

Over the last week of trading, Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) saw downgrades from UBS and Deutsche Bank as analysts evaluated the implications of Roark Capital Group’s $2.3-billion buyout bid. By their assessment, the $150-per-share offer implied little upside. But Roark has since raised...

Shares of Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) surged higher by 25 percent Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal reported the restaurant could be acquired by Roark Capital Group, a private equity firm, for more than $2.3 billion, or around $150 per share. Here's how some of Wall Street's top...

Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) received a takeout offer of around $150 per share from private equity group Roark Capital. The offer would give some investors who bought the stock ahead of the third quarter earnings report a hefty return but would leave some longer-term shareholders with a loss,...

Wendys Co (NASDAQ: WEN) reported its third-quarter results which consisted of a top and bottom line miss. Management also revised its full year earnings per share outlook lower from a range of 45 cents to 47 cents per share to a new range of 43 cents and 45 cents per share. The Analyst Stephens...

Casual dining restaurant chain Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (NASDAQ: RRGB) reported third-quarter results Monday, showing a decline in adjusted earnings per share from 38 cents to 21 cents — despite 2.3 percent revenue growth to $304.2 million. Red Robin expects earnings per share of 45-...

Analysts at Stephens continue to see the downside case for Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) after the company reported fourth-quarter results. Analyst Will Slabaugh maintains an Equal-Weight rating on Starbucks' stock with an unchanged $52 price target, which implies further downside from...

President Trump isn’t the only one lashing out at the NFL these days. Papa John’s Int’l Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) founder John Schnatter pointed his finger squarely at the NFL blamed the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell for its disappointing third-quarter sales on the company’s...

Throughout most of 2017, shares of Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) faced heavy selling pressures amid a heightened promotional environment, rising chicken wing prices and an activist campaign that resulted in the resignation of its CEO Sally Smith. But shares of Buffalo Wild Wings were trading...

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) third-quarter earnings and revenues were a miss, and the stock is down a steep 15.05 percent at $275.50. That's a near five-year low for the fast casual chain.  Chipotle stock was down a steep 15.05 percent to $275.50, sinking to a near 5-year...

Stephens analyst Will Slabaugh maintains his Overweight rating and a price target of $175 for McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) after it reported earnings Tuesday. He said this was another impressive quarter for the company as it managed to post its tenth consecutive EPS meet/beat. U.S. same-store...

Reviewing Sonic Corporation (NASDAQ: SONC)'s fiscal fourth-quarter results, Stephens said the quarter was a soft one. Following the results, the firm maintains its Outperform rating on the shares of the company and its $30 price target. In pre-market trading, shares of Sonic were down 4.44...

Analysts at Stephens continue to hold a cautious view on Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) despite a recent upgrade. The firm's Will Slabaugh upgraded Chipotle's stock to Equal-Weight in August amid a view that the negative media attention the company has been receiving is "well...

Stephens said in a note that Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (NASDAQ: RRGB) remains its best idea in restaurant, attributing the opinion to a trio of factors, namely improving revenue trends, meaningful cost opportunities across multiple line items and valuation. As such, the firm has an...