Fast food and fast casual restaurants

by market cap

Company name Mkt Cap▼

1. MCD McDonald's 97.51B
2. YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. 32.21B
3. CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill 16.45B
4. BKW Burger King Worldwide 7.12B
5. DRI Darden Restaurants 6.91B
6. DNKN Dunkin Brands 4.98B
7. PNRA Panera Bread 4.86B
8. DPZ Domino's Pizza, Inc. 3.79B
9. WEN The Wendy's Co 3.33B
10. BLMN Bloomin' Brands Inc 3.11B
11. BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings 2.73B
12. CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 2.68B
13. CAKE The Cheesecake Factory 2.51B
14. ARCO Arcos Dorados 2.50B
15. JACK Jack in the Box Inc. 1.94B
16. TXRH Texas Roadhouse Inc 1.94B
17. KKD Krispy Kreme Doughnuts 1.67B
18. FRGI Fiesta Restaurant Group 1.27B
19. RRGB Red Robin Gourmet Burgers 1.12B
20. SONC Sonic Corporation 1.09B
21. PBPB Potbelly Corp 816.56M
22. BJRI BJ's Restaurants 794.89M
23. DENN Denny's Corporation 625.55M
24. CHUY Chuy's Holdings Inc 541.55M
25. DFRG Del Frisco's Restaurant Group 507.97M
26. RUTH Ruth's Hospitality Group 465.67M
27. RT Ruby Tuesday, Inc. 403.91M
28. BBRG Bravo Brio Restaurant Group 303.09M
29. IRG Ignite Restaurant Group 301.65M
30. JMBA Jamba, Inc. 246.43M
31. FRSH Papa Murphy's  171.87M
32. TAST Carrols Restaurant Group150.47M
33. KONA Kona Grill, Inc. 148.11M
34. DAVE Famous Dave's of America 146.49M
35. BAGR Diversified Restaurant Holdings 146.43M
36. BOBS Brazil Fast Food 132.27M
37. PZZI Pizza Inn, Inc. 74.55M
38. COSI Cosi Inc 30.77M
39. NROM Noble Roman's, Inc. 30.14M
40. HOTR Chanticleer Holdings 18.03M
41. MRFD Morgan's Foods, Inc. 12.91M
42. GTIM Good Times Restaurants 12.22M
43. BAGL Einstein Noah Restaurant Group --> 9/14 : BAGL acquired by JAB Holding Co., an affiliate of the private-equity firm Joh. A. Benckiser Group, for $374M. (Also bought Caribou for $340 Million in 12/12, and Peet's Coffee for $1 billion in 10/12)

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Aug 2014:  Burger King after takeover of Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Horton

PNRA vs CMG - 2-year chart (click for live chart)