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Shares of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRL) fell as much as 3 percent Wednesday after SunTrust downgraded the stock to Neutral from Buy on lower same-store sales forecast and declining market share gains.
Cracker Barrel lowered its implied fiscal 2016 same-store sales guidance to 1.5-3.5 percent from roughly 2.5-4.5 percent. While positive same-store sales and traffic in February are encouraging, this was due in part to weather, and management is concerned the competitive environment will worsen.
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"We are concerned that casual dining competitors are gaining on CBRL. In F2Q16, CBRL's SSS outperformance to casual dining peers, declined to +20bps, the lowest level since F2Q12 and below +210bps in F1Q16 and the +300bps 3yr avg," analyst Jake Bartlett said in a client note.
The analyst, who maintained his target price of $151, said lower food inflation and taxes now reflected in estimates and cut his 2016 EPS view to $7.55 from $7.66. The company raised its outlook for 2016 adjusted EPS to a range of $7.40-$7.50. The company expects to report comparable-store sales in the range of 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent, and sees total revenue between $2.90 billion and $2.95 billion. Analysts' consensus estimate is at $7.48 a share on revenue of $2.92 billion.
"We expect CBRL's SSS to outperform peers' and cost cutting initiatives to drive high-single-digit LT EPS growth, but believe this is now largely priced in. We maintain our target CY17 P/E multiple of 17.0x," Bartlett added.
Meanwhile, Maxim analyst Stephen Anderson maintained his Buy rating and $155 price target. He said the March quarter appears to be off to a solid start after a quarter marked by tough comparisons and harsh winter weather.
"We believe that CBRL's comps are poised to return to a 2%-3% pace in FY3Q16 (March), and expect this pace to be sustained in the next few quarters. We expect to see an EPS lift from a lower tax rate, but argue that lower commodity costs and the potential for accelerated cost savings in other areas will have a more profound effect on earnings growth in the next 12-24 months," Anderson said in a client note.
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