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Restaurant Group - Casual dining firm sees 30% eps upgrades

October 2009

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  • Epic Code:
  • RTN
  • Price:
  • 196p
As the chart below shows, shares in the Restaurant Group have been impressive performers in recent months, with the catalyst being an astonishing 30% upgrade to earnings forecasts for this year and next, following very strong interim results. While the Restaurant Group is best known for Garfunkels, its chain of city centre-based restaurants, it has changed quite considerably since new management arrived in 2001, with the emphasis switching to new casual dining formats in edge-of-town locations. This has already triggered a remarkable improvement in the company's fortunes with pretax profit increasing from £15.6m that year to nearly £49m in 2008. And helped by a strong balance sheet, management expect to double the size of th ...

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