Why Investor’s Are Staring On: McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), Versar Inc. (NYSEMKT:VSR), BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI)

Posted by on Apr 23, 2014

McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) said Tuesday that its profit slipped in the first quarter as global sales remained weak for the world’s biggest hamburger chain. The company said global sales edged up just 0.5 percent at established restaurants. In the United States, however, sales fell 1.7 percent as customer traffic declined. The company cited “challenging industry dynamics and severe winter weather.” McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) shares after opening at $100.02 moved to $100.27 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $99.32 . Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 3.49 and price to cash ratio as 35.10. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) showed a negative weekly performance of -0.79%.

Rambus Inc (NASDAQ:RMBS) reported Q1 earnings of $0.17 per share on revenue of $78.30 million. Rambus also expected Q2 sales of $69.0 million to $74.0 million, versus analysts’ estimates of $74.50 million. Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) shares advanced 0.65% in last trading session and ended the day on $12.38. RMBS return on equity ratio is recorded as -10.30 % and its return on assets is -5.30%. Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) yearly performance is 107.02%.

Versar, Inc. (NYSEMKT:VSR) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Geo-Marine, in a joint venture with Cardno TEC, was awarded one of four new prime contracts from the Environmental Resources Branch, Environmental Division, Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to provide environmental consulting services to support environmental compliance audits and assessments. Versar Inc. (NYSEMKT:VSR) shares moved up 0.26% in last trading session and was closed at $3.87 while trading in range of $3.72 – $3.87 – Versar Inc. (NYSEMKT:VSR) year to date (YTD) performance is -19.88%.

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) announced that it has reached an agreement with PW Partners Atlas Fund II LP, Luxor Capital Partners LP and certain other shareholders (collectively, the “PW Partners / Luxor Group”) under which the Company has agreed to nominate three new independent directors at the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2014 Annual Meeting”), one of which has been appointed to the Board of Directors effective immediately. BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) weekly performance is-1.84%. On last trading day company shares ended up $30.47. BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -1.13%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $28.25.

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