Carrols Restaurant Group: Getting Tastier

Summary

  • Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.'s shares have enjoyed a large bounce off their 52-week closing low as quick-serve restaurants were perceived as winners in the pandemic.
  • A revised and less balance sheet stressing area development agreement with its franchisor should allow the company to generate solid cash flow.
  • Declining leverage, share repurchases, and recent (plus instructive) insider buying merit a closer examination of this small-cap concern.
  • An investment analysis is provided in the paragraphs below.
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But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals. Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . ." - Nick Cave

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