Dunkin Brands Group Inc (DNKN): Today's Featured Leisure Winner

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Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN) pushed the Leisure industry higher today making it today's featured leisure winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.1%. By the end of trading, Dunkin Brands Group rose 41 cents (1.1%) to $37.70 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.2 million shares of Dunkin Brands Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.1 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $37.16-$37.92 after having opened the day at $37.27 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $37.29. Other companies within the Leisure industry that increased today were: Ruth's Hospitality Group (RUTH), up 6.8%, Orbitz Worldwide (OWW), up 5.7%, Nevada Gold & Casinos (UWN), up 5.1%, and Good Times Restaurants (GTIM), up 5%.

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Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants under the Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins brands worldwide. It restaurants offer coffee, donuts, bagels, ice cream, frozen beverages, baked goods, and related products. Dunkin Brands Group has a market cap of $3.93 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 29.1, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 12.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Dunkin Brands Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Dunkin Brands Group as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company has favored debt over equity in the management of its balance sheet.

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On the negative front, PokerTek (PTEK), down 8.3%, Caesars Entertainment (CZR), down 4.5%, Chuy's Holdings (CHUY), down 4%, and Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment (DDE), down 3.8%, were all laggards within the leisure industry with Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) being today's leisure industry laggard.

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