Jefferies Cuts Price Target on Bojangles' (BOJA) to $22 Following 4Q

Jefferies maintained a Buy rating on Bojangles' (NASDAQ: BOJA), and cut the price target to $22.00 (from $24.00), following the company's 4Q earnings report. BOJA beat 4Q EPS on better margins and slightly positive SSS. Given the unprecedented competitive discounting in QSR with bundled meals/all-day breakfast, fears of Bojangle's demise were overdone.

Analyst Andy Barish commented, "BOJA beat 4Q EPS on better margins and slightly positive SSS in what we knew was a challenging qtr for the company based upon lap, weather and competitive discounting. 1QTD SSS +2%, a positive, and although guide conservative in some regards, we believe it could be beatable. We tweak '16/'17 slightly lower but firmly believe this growth story is intact and sector fears are overdone. Buy with Price Target to $22 (from $24), still some 50% upside."

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Shares of Bojangles' closed at $15.03 yesterday.

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