Chipotle Mexican Grill

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG), whose shares are trading near an all-time high, is scheduled to report first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, April 19, after the closing bell. Chipotle has been raising its prices this year, which investors hope will lead to stronger margins. The company has...

The earnings crunch is on this week. Among the scheduled quarterly reports from the financial sector are those from American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. The tech sector will be represented by earnings reports from IBM, Intel, Microsoft,...

Lots more earnings are on the schedule for this week, even as the calendar page turns. Look for quarterly results to come from Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Hershey (NYSE: HSY), Kellogg (NYSE: K), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS). Analysts expect...

The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 all closed up less than 1% yesterday, but plenty of stocks rose to 52-week highs in the trading session. Among them were Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), which reached multiyear highs of $47.28 and $60.45 per share, respectively. Starbucks' new...

A hungry portfolio might find a pick-me-up in one or more of these food-related stocks, all of which have had some momentum in the past few months, if not longer. Breakfast General Mills (NYSE: GIS) is up more than 13% from a nine-month low in August, as well as up about 18% from a year ago. This...

Jack in the Box (NYSE: JACK) is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter 2011 results today, November 21, after the markets close. Investors will be looking for signs of a turnaround after the company missed earnings per share estimates in the past two quarters and revenue declined in the past...

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is expected to continued its recent streak of double-digit year-over-year revenue growth when it reports its third-quarter 2011 results later today, October 20. The fast-casual restaurant operator raised its prices this summer to offset rising costs, so investors...

The earnings season ramps up this week. Tech giants Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are scheduled to share their third-quarter results, as are big banks including Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS),...

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) has been one of the stars of the market the past half decade [Oct 30, 2007: Chipotle Mexican Grill - The One Impervious Restaurant Stock], as its a high growth company, in a country staved for public companies still in early to mid stages of growth.  One lesson this...

Piper Jaffray has published a report on Chipotle (NYSE: CMG) raising the price target to $352.00 from $310.00. In the report, Piper Jaffray wrote, "Chipotle's 2Q11 SSS were better-than-expected at +10% (vs. our +6.0%), and even more impressive given the increase was largely traffic driven. That...