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Challenged of late. Technicals are, at best, neutral. 200-day MA sideways, and stock's trading below it. When one segment does poorly, it puts a cloud over the entire company. Owns, but it's in the penalty box. He many take action given the technical structure. 17.5x forward PE for 10% growth, not expensive. Two-month GST holiday may help, but so far it hasn't.
Names in the restaurant industry and some companies that are considered “value names” have been under pressure recently. In addition, the weak revenue growth of QSR in recent quarters also compressed the valuation multiples of QSR from around 20x to 17.6x now. QSR has the lowest P/E among the restaurant royalty names like YUM, MCD, and DPZ.
We think QSR is a high-quality capital-light royalty name that is facing a near-term headwind; its valuation looks more decent than ever before. We think QSR continues to have a long runway for growth in the international markets, given its brand portfolio is still relatively underpenetrated in emerging markets. It could be considered within the top 10% of Canadian names in terms of business quality. That being said, the restaurant industry is fiercely competitive, so we would size the position appropriately.
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The valuation assumes there's no growth here, but that's not true. Their CEO is applying best practices that he used when running Domino's Pizza by improving digital sales as they expand overseas, but are not as focused on China as peers.