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Restaurant Brands InternationalQSR.TODON'T BUYJun 12, 2018Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 19, 2026. Market Open.
Large portfolio of defensive brand names (Burger King, Tim Hortons). Large cap with lots of liquidity in stock. Current share price presenting good buying opportunity. Trading at cheaper valuation than USA peers. Expecting growth in same store sales, revenues and cash flow. Good investment for long term holders.
It has a new CEO who did very well with Dominoes. The franchises are now much better run. There are good changes at Tim Horton's, Burger King has a big ad campaign, and Popeye's is growing very fast. It is trading at 2/3 of the multiple of other fast food chains. Yes there are higher labour costs but it is a high margin business and recession resistant. He feels it is cheap because of past problems and has a big upside. In general people are now spending lots of money dining out. Buy 15 Hold 15 Sell 1
(Analysts’ price target is $104.95)
They are terrific operators and have Warren Buffett in their corner. However they have upset franchise owners of Tim Hortons and Burger King. They are the juicer and the franchisees are the lemon: they are trying to squeeze every drop from the franchisees, but if franchisees can't make a good living, they will lose interest in the business. He doesn't own QSR because he is dubious that their model will translate into Canada. He doesn't think that Tim Hortons fits their model well. He used to own Tim Hortons and loved it and feels bad that he can't own it now, because it is part of QSR. He thinks that the tension created by QSR's model is holding back growth.