Popeyes Unit Growth, Cost Optimization Opportunities Are a Good Fit for Restaurant Brands' Playbook
In a deal speculated by several media outlets the past week, Restaurant Brands International (RBI) has entered into an agreement to acquire Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (PLKI) for $79 per share--32 times consensus 2017 EPS--or $1.8 billion in total. We're hard-pressed to find a better fit for RBI's brand portfolio, as PLKI fits the mold of what it looks for in an acquisition: heavy franchise ownership (97% of PLKI's restaurants were franchised as of October), exposure to the fast-growing chicken ca...Restaurant Brands International is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged as a quick service restaurant (QSR) company with over 20,000 restaurants in approximately 100 countries and U.S. territories as of Dec 31 2016. Co.'s Tim Hortons® and Burger King® brands have similar franchise business models with complementary daypart mixes. Tim Hortons restaurants are QSRs with a menu that includes coffee, tea, espresso-based hot and cold drinks, baked goods, including donuts, Timbits®, bagels, sandwiches, soups and more. Burger King restaurants are QSRs that feature flame-grilled hamburgers, chicken and other sandwiches, french fries, soft drinks and other food items.
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