So far this year, tiny Shake Shack is beating mighty McDonald’s on Wall Street. The fast food company’s shares have gained 87.67% YTD, while McDonald’s shares have gained 22.11%. Both companies are beating the market average—see table. Company/Index Current Price Price Gain YTD Qtrly Revenue Growth Profit Margin Shake Shack $85.24 87.67% 31.30% 2.96% McDonald’s 216.13 22.11*
The importance of open communication between a property manager and the property owners they represent cannot be overstated. Transparency is paramount in our industry, where owners ought to know exactly what they’re paying for, and managers ought not to act on assumptions. I’ve commented often on the need for good communication between these parties, and
Attendees play the Activision Blizzard Inc. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 video game at the company’s booth during the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Troy Harvey | Bloomberg | Getty Images After shooting massacres last weekend killed 31 people and wounded dozens, some politicians are
Online real estate company Zillow said on Wednesday it lost more money in the second quarter than it lost last year as it spent heavily to boost its home segments business, sending shares down 17% in extended trading. Zillow spent $240.7 million at its home segment business in the quarter to earn revenue of $248.9
After a whipsawing week, stocks could continue to trade with volatile swings as investors assess new information on trade and the strength of the economy. There are just a few earnings in the week ahead with Walmart, Cisco Systems, Nvidia and Deere reporting as the second quarter earnings season winds down. There are, however, some pretty
A Verizon store in New York City. Getty Images High-dividend stocks are starting to stand out as winners as bond yields continue to collapse. Since late July, the S&P Dividend ETF, which bundles high-dividend stocks, has started to outperform the S&P 500 ETF Trust, which mimics the performance of the entire S&P. Since last week,
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Nine weeks ago, our fellow income investors were concerned about rising tariff tensions and falling stock prices. (Sound familiar?) So, in late May, we discussed seven dividend payers (yielding 6% on average) that wouldn’t go down if stocks-at-large kept dropping. The broader markets soon reversed, as they usually do when pessimism is running high. But
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Farfetch shares sank 45% Friday, after the luxury e-commerce company said it planned to acquire New Guards Groups, owner of popular streetwear brand Off-White, for $675 million. One analyst attributed the stock’s plunge to its shift in strategy, saying many investors had initially bought into the company’s “asset-light” approach. “The original idea of buying into