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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[CKE Restaurants beats expectations despite a 13% earnings drop]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/25/cke-restaurants-beat-expectations-despite-a-13-earnings-drop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/25/cke-restaurants-beat-expectations-despite-a-13-earnings-drop/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/25/cke-restaurants-beat-expectations-despite-a-13-earnings-drop/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/ckr/" rel="tag">CKE Restaurants (CKR)</a></p><img hspace="4" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/06/cke.jpg" alt="" />Restaurant operator <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/cke-restaurants-inc/ckr/nys">CKE Restaurants</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/cke-restaurants-inc/ckr/nys">CKR</a>) reported <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cke-restaurants-first-quarter-profit-declines">first-quarter earnings of 26 cents per share</a> after the closing bell yesterday. While the results were five cents shy of last year's results, they topped the consensus estimate by a penny per share. Quarterly revenue totaled $446.8 million, far better than the Street's estimate calling for $343.1 million. <br /><br />The company also announced that <a href="http://money.aol.com/rtn/ap/cke-restaurants-june-same-store-sales-fall/rfid226096494?channel=pf">same-store sales dropped</a> 5.2% during the latest four-week period. At the company's Carl's Jr. restaurants, sales dropped 7.1%, while Hardee's saw a drop of 2.7%.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/25/cke-restaurants-beat-expectations-despite-a-13-earnings-drop/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>CKE Restaurants beats expectations despite a 13% earnings drop</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/25/cke-restaurants-beat-expectations-despite-a-13-earnings-drop/">CKE Restaurants beats expectations despite a 13% earnings drop</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/25/cke-restaurants-beat-expectations-despite-a-13-earnings-drop/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19077868/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/25/cke-restaurants-beat-expectations-despite-a-13-earnings-drop/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Carls Jr.</category><category>CarlsJr.</category><category>cke restaurants</category><category>CkeRestaurants</category><category>CKR</category><category>eating</category><category>eating out</category><category>EatingOut</category><category>fast food</category><category>FastFood</category><category>Hardees</category><category>inthenews</category><category>restaurants</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Fightmaster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
