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Top 5 Companies in the Restaurants Industry Offering Investors the Best Cash Flow (CHUX, CEC, RUTH, RT, EAT)

Written on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 4:34am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Restaurants industry as measured by the price to cash flow ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
O'Charley's (NASDAQ:CHUX) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 6.7x based on a current price of $6.17 and a free cash flow per share of $0.92.
CEC Entertainment (NYSE:CEC) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 11.1x based on a current price of $35.65 and a free cash flow per share of $3.21.
Ruth's Hospitality (NASDAQ:RUTH) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 14.8x based on a current price of $4.66 and a free cash flow per share of $0.32.
Ruby Tuesday (NYSE:RT) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 14.8x based on a current price of $9.98 and a free cash flow per share of $0.67.
Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 18.8x based on a current price of $16.1 and a free cash flow per share of $0.86.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of RUTH and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 04, 2010 at $5.09. The stock has fallen 8.6% since the alert was issued.

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Ticker(s): CHUX CEC RUTH RT EAT

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