Company Profile:

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. owns, operates, and franchises restaurants under Buffalo Wild Wings, R Taco, and PizzaRev names. The companys restaurants provide various food products, as well as non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages. As of December 25, 2016, the Company had company-owned or franchised restaurants in all 50 states and two Canadian provinces. As of February 7, 2017, it had approximately 1,220 Buffalo Wild Wings locations worldwide. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Recent News:

The company reported total revenue increased 0.8% to $494.2 million in the fourth quarter, compared to $490.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2015. Full year total revenue increased 9.6% to $2.0 billion compared to $1.8 billion last year.

On Jan. 24, 2017. the company announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an increase to its share repurchase program for an additional $400 million of the company’s common stock, bringing the cumulative authorizations to $900 million. The company also announced that it has advanced its intended timing to achieve a leverage ratio target of 1.5 times debt to EBITDA to the end of fiscal 2017.

Fundamental Analysis:

Ninestocks analyzes several different financial aspects: Growth, Profitability, solvency and efficiency.

Growth – Measures the growth of both the company’s income statement and cash flow.

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Profitability – Measures the historical price movement of the stock.

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Solvency – Measures the solvency of the company based on several ratios.

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Efficiency – Measures the strength and historic growth of a company’s return on invested capital.

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Conclusion:

BWLD’s strengths can be seen in its better growth, better profitability, robust solvency and better efficiency compared with its peers. Its revenue has increased over several years. Technical indicators signal the bullish signs, as there is a bullish cross in Stochastic Oscillator, RSI stands at 47.34 with positive bias. We rate Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (BWLD) a STRONG BUY.