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Management was pleased with what it considered strong results for fiscal 2008. In particular, the company was content with an increase in customers served per day to 58 million, which it attributed to a strategic focus on menu choice, food quality, and value. In addition, management cited positive results in comparable sales and guest counts across all segments in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008. Although the company had sub par growth in net income, we believe that its strengths outweigh any current weaknesses and see good upside potential even though the stock has already enjoyed a nice gain in the past year.

Our quantitative rating, which can be viewed for any stock through our stock screener stock rating screener, is based on a variety of historical fundamental and pricing data and represents our opinion of a stock's risk-adjusted performance relative to other stocks.

However, the rating does not incorporate all of the factors that can alter a stock's performance. For example, it doesn't always factor in recent corporate or industry events that could affect the stock price, nor does it include recent technology developments and competitive dynamics that may affect the company.

For those reasons, we believe a rating alone cannot tell the whole story and should be part of an investor's overall research.

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