Restaurant Brands International (TSE:QSR) Shares Pass Above Fifty Day Moving Average – What’s Next?

Restaurant Brands International Inc. (TSE:QSR) (NYSE:QSR)’s share price passed above its fifty day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of C$94.73 and traded as high as C$98.44. Restaurant Brands International shares last traded at C$97.78, with a volume of 1,197,808 shares changing hands.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

QSR has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Argus raised Restaurant Brands International from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 2nd. Piper Sandler raised shares of Restaurant Brands International from a “hold” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a C$84.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Sunday, March 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$84.00.

Restaurant Brands International Trading Up 0.0%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 478.23, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.80. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is C$94.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$94.04. The stock has a market capitalization of C$33.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.61, a PEG ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 0.37.

Restaurant Brands International (TSE:QSR) (NYSE:QSR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported C$1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Restaurant Brands International had a net margin of 8.23% and a return on equity of 23.08%. The company had revenue of C$3.38 billion during the quarter. On average, research analysts anticipate that Restaurant Brands International Inc. will post 7.3241225 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Restaurant Brands International Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 6th were issued a $0.62 dividend. This represents a $2.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 23rd. Restaurant Brands International’s dividend payout ratio is currently 105.53%.

Restaurant Brands International Company Profile

Restaurant Brands International is one of the largest restaurant companies in the world, with more than $35 billion in 2021 systemwide sales across a footprint that spans more than 28,000 restaurants and 100 countries. The firm generates revenue primarily from retail sales at its company-owned restaurants, royalty fees and lease income from franchised stores, and from its Tim Horton’s supply chain operations. Formed in 2014 after 3G Capital’s acquisition of Tim Horton’s International, the Restaurant Brands portfolio now includes Burger King (19,250 units), Tim Horton’s (5,300 units), and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (3,700 units).