Resturant Stocks: McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM), Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI), The Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN)

McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE:MCD) stock had its “buy” rating restated by stock analysts at The Street in a report issued on Wednesday, AnalystRatings.Net reports. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) stock opened at $95.24 in last session, and closed at $95.08, while the day range of CHGG stock is $94.65-$95.41. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 0.15%.

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) announced the Company will present at the RBC Capital Markets 2014 Consumer and Retail Conference on Thursday March 13th , 2014 in Boston, MA at approximately 12:45 p.m. EST. Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) stock opened at $73.39, in last session and closed at $73.79, by gained 0.55%.The 52 week range was $63.16-$73.68.Company’s market capitalization is $32.66 billion.

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Raymond James from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday,TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. The firm currently has a $55.00 price objective on the stock. Raymond James’ price target would indicate a potential upside of 13.68% from the company’s current price. Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) stock loosed -0.40% and finished the last session at $49.80.The EPS of the stock remained 2.71.Company’s market capitalization is $6.54 billion.

The Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN) announced that it was offering 5 cents per share on regular cash dividend. The company stated in a press release that the dividend would capture shareholders of record March 3, and will be paid out on March 17. Abut 395.1 million common stock shares will be compensated in the just declared dividend payout. That stock count reflects the outstanding common stock as of February 14. The company serves customers throughout the world in about 28 countries and territories and it runs more than 6,500 franchise restaurants. The stock of The Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN) gained 0.81 cents in the previous session to conclude at $9.90. The Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN) stock opened the session at $10.09, and closed the session at $9.94.The 52 week range of the WEN stock remained $5.2 and the day range was $5.28-$10.27.