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AFC Enterprises Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, May 30
AFC Enterprises Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 28
AFC Enterprises Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Aug 20, 2009
AFC Enterprises, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Mar 12, 2009
AFC Enterprises Inc. F3Q 2008 (Qtr End 10/5/2008) Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Nov 13, 2008
AFC Enterprises Q2 2008 Earnings Conference Call
Tue, Aug 26, 2008
AFC Enterprises, Inc. F1Q08 (Qtr End 4/20/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, May 29, 2008
AFC Enterprises F4Q07 (Quarter End 1/31/2008) Earnings Conference Call Transcript
Thu, Mar 13, 2008

AFC Enterprises, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Adopts New 10b5-1 Trading Plan

Business Wire (Mon, 5:00PM)
CORRECTING and REPLACING AFC Enterprises to Present at Two Industry Conferences in June 2013

Business Wire (Jun 3, 2013)
Jim Cramer: Extensive Remodeling Paid Off

at CNBC.com (May 30, 2013)
AFC Enterprises Reports Financial Results for First Quarter 2013; Increases Fiscal 2013 Earnings Guidance

Business Wire (May 29, 2013)
AFC Enterprises Announces First Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

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AFC Enterprises Announces Director Retirement

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at CNBC.com (Mar 6, 2013)
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at CNBC.com (Feb 28, 2013)
AFC Enterprises Reports Fiscal 2012 Results; Provides Fiscal 2013 Guidance

Business Wire (Feb 27, 2013)
AFC Enterprises Announces Fiscal 2012 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

Business Wire (Feb 20, 2013)
AFC Enterprises Reports Preliminary Fiscal 2012 Operating Results; Expected to Beat Prior Fiscal 2012 Earnings Guidance

Business Wire (Jan 23, 2013)
AFC Enterprises, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Adopts A 10b5-1 Trading Plan

Business Wire (Nov 26, 2012)
AFC Enterprises Inc. and Hearst/King Features Reach Agreement

Business Wire (Nov 21, 2012)
AFC Enterprises Announces Completion of Restaurant Acquisition

Business Wire (Nov 19, 2012)
AFC Enterprises Reports Earnings for Third Quarter 2012

Business Wire (Nov 7, 2012)
AFC Enterprises Announces Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

Business Wire (Oct 29, 2012)
Popeyes Announces Agreement to Purchase 28 Restaurants; Plan to Convert and Lease to Popeyes Franchisees

Business Wire (Oct 16, 2012)
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at CNBC.com (Sep 14, 2012)
AFC Provides a Hurricane Update; All Restaurants Operating

Business Wire (Sep 11, 2012)
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at Fox Business (Aug 17, 2012)

AFCE vs. ETF Alternatives

Company Description

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Sector: Services

Industry: Restaurants

Country: United States

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Wednesday, May 29, 5:24 PM AFC Enterprises (AFCE): Q1 EPS of $0.40 in-line. Revenue of $60.4M (+14.4% Y/Y) beats by $1.1M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Saturday, May 25, 6:00 PM Where's a GARP investor to look given a relative shortage of cheap growers? Barron's Jack Hough likes stocks "experiencing midlife growth spurts," particularly: Conn's (CONN), BioScrip (BIOS), JDS Uniphase (JDSU), and AFC Enterprises (AFCE). Comment! [Quick Ideas]
Friday, March 1, 5:36 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: OUTD +13%. AVD +8%. ITMN +7%. JAKK +7%. GTI +6%.
After-hours top losers: CRIS -13%. BPZ -10%. AFCE -8%. CRM -7%. MKTG -7%. 4 Comments [On the Move]
Wednesday, February 27, 5:39 PM AFC Enterprises (AFCE): Q4 EPS of $0.34 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $47.5M beats by $2.2M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 5:54 PM AFC Enterprises (AFCE): Q3 EPS of $0.29 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $38.9M (+9.9% Y/Y) misses by $0.8M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, August 15, 2012, 5:07 PM AFC Enterprises (AFCE): Q2 EPS of $0.27 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $39.6M (+12% Y/Y) beats by $0.8M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 5:23 PM AFC Enterprises (AFCE): Q1 EPS of $0.35 beats by $0.04. Revenue of $52.8M (+14% Y/Y) beats by $3M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 5:46 PM AFC Enterprises (AFCE): Q4 EPS of $0.24 in-line. Revenue of $36.3M (+6% Y/Y) in-line. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, November 28, 2011, 10:13 AM Shares of AFC Enterprises (AFCE +12.5%) gain on heavy volume after the franchise restaurant operator reports interest in franchising is starting to take off. Comment! [On the Move]
Thursday, November 10, 2011, 12:17 PM AFC Enterprises (AFCE +14.9%) - operator of the Popeyes restaurant chain - gains after its Q3 beats EPS estimates, largely due to its buyback program leaving fewer shares outstanding. Earnings actually fell 1.7% Y/Y on higher costs. The company also lifts its FY11 earnings forecast, now expecting to earn between $0.93 - $0.97 per share, up from its earlier projection of $0.91 - $0.95. Comment! [On the Move]
Thursday, August 18, 2011, 1:06 PM AFC Enterprises (AFCE), operator of the Popeyes restaurant chain, is down 13.2% after reporting revenue of $35.3M (+3% Y/Y) and EPS of $0.23; the latter was in-line with consensus, but the former missed by $1.1M. Same-store sales rose 0.7%. The company reiterates FY11 EPS guidance of $0.91-$0.95, but is lowering its same-store sales guidance range. Comment! [Consumer, Earnings, On the Move]
Friday, April 16, 2010, 2:55 PM The "fried-chicken indicator" says the economy remains a long way from a real recovery, at least according to some atypical evidence uncovered by Popeye's Restaurants (AFCE) CEO Cheryl Bachelder. 1 Comment

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Michael Bryant
MRC Global ($MRC), AFC Enterprises ($AFCE), Dril-Quip ($DRQ), Nexstar Broadcasting ($NXST), & RTI ($RTI) rose Thursday on unusual volume.
Mar 8, 12:10 AM
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Michael Bryant
AFC Enterprises ($AFCE) is also the owner of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. Could be another "buy what you know."
Mar 3, 11:51 PM
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Michael Bryant
AFC Enterprises ($AFCE) looks good. Beta = 0.92. Up 107% for the year. Nice linear uptrend. http://yhoo.it/WCo5ZM
Mar 3, 11:49 PM
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Michael Bryant
AFC Enterprises ($AFCE), MasTec ($MTZ), Sotheby's ($BID), Air Lease ($AL), & Eagle Materials ($EXP) rose Friday on unusual volume.
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Michael Bryant
Exterran Holdings ($EXH), AFC ($AFCE), Papa John'S ($PZZA), Lumber Liquidators ($LL), & Susser Petro ($SUSP) rose Tuesday on unusual volume.
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Michael Bryant
Generac ($GNRC), Shoe Carnival ($SCVL), AFC Enterprises ($AFCE), Apogee ($APOG), & Ultratech ($UTEK) rose Tuesday on unusual volume.
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1980XLS-2.0: $GNRC cancelled, dillutive secondary offering
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Michael Bryant
AFC Enterprises (AFCE) looks good in short run, but it may have peaked. http://yhoo.it/RZsZ4L;c=
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Michael Bryant
Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), AFC Enterprises (AFCE), American Vanguard (AVD), Gap (GPS), & Amgen (AMGN) rose Monday on unusual volume.
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Michael Bryant
NetEase (NTES), OSI Systems (OSIS), FleetCor Tech (FLT), Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS), & AFC Enterprises (AFCE) rose Wednesday on unusual vol
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Generac ($GNRC), Shoe Carnival ($SCVL), AFC Enterprises ($AFCE), Apogee ($APOG), & Ultratech ($UTEK) rose Tuesday on unusual volume.
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Randy Lacen
Restaurant Stock Plays A Bit Overlooked: EAT, BWLD, BJRI, AFCE, PZZA, DNKN, YUM, MCD
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DaLatin: Lots of chains seeing same sales dropping ! Internationals surly can't make previous estimates.Love DNKN.Just bought 5 doz 4 the finca kids
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