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Jefferies Raises Price Target on Panera Bread (PNRA) to $195; Says Turnaround Continues to Take Shape

February 11, 2016 9:37 AM EST

Jefferies reiterated a Hold rating on Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA), and raised the price target to $195.00 (from $190.00), following the company's 4Q earnings report. PNRA was able to contain costs in 4Q, and with 3.6% SSS, managed to deliver modest EPS growth after a number of down... More

Panera Bread (PNRA) Tops Q4 EPS by 10c

February 9, 2016 4:27 PM EST

Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA) reported Q4 EPS of $1.88, $0.10 better than the analyst estimate of $1.78. Revenue for the quarter came in at $691.8 million versus the consensus estimate of $695.43 million.

- Q4 2015 Company-owned comparable net bakery-cafe sales up 3.6%

- Q1 2016 (first 41 days) Company-owned comparable net bakery-cafe sales up 6.4%

- Q4 2015 EPS growth of 1%, excluding one-time items

- FY 2016 EPS growth target set at up 2% to 5%, excluding one-time items

- 119 Company bakery-cafes converted to Panera 2.0 during Q4 2015, bringing total to 410

Ron Shaich, Chairman and CEO, commented,... More