BMO Capital Markets Initiates Coverage On Panera Bread Co.


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BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage on Panera Bread Co. (NASDAQ: PNRA) in a report issued Thursday with a Market Perform Rating and $162 Price Target.

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Analyst Andrew Strelzik felt that “Panera is in the early stages of a brand repositioning that could provide material opportunities to reaccelerate growth. However, Panera likely will fall short of expectations over the next 18+ months.”

 

The report observed that “traffic trends remain underwhelming, in our view, and the ability for initiatives to drive a recovery likely will take time. The age of Panera’s store base relative to its peers likely creates a structural traffic issue, and a majority of the Panera 2.0 store design roll-out likely will not take place until 2015/2016.”

 

Strelzik noted that “2014 and 2015 EPS estimates of $6.60 ($6.68 including benefit of 2Q14 insurance settlement) and $6.90 are $0.03 and $0.31 below consensus, respectively. Our price target implies a 23-24x P/E multiple on our 2015 estimate, which is in line with its current and historical average multiple.”

 

The report concluded that "Panera should trade at a discount to the fast casual average (38.5x), as Panera is the most mature fast-casual concept and our multiple implies a 40 percent discount."

 

Panera Bread Co. recently traded at $163.00 in the premarket, down 0.41 percent.


27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


Posted In: Price TargetInitiationAnalyst RatingsAndrew StrelzikBMO Capital Markets