Restaurant Brands (QSR) reported strong Q3 2025 results, with earnings per share of $1.03 surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.00 and revenues of $2.45 billion exceeding expectations by 2.47%. Despite these beats, the company's shares have significantly underperformed the S&P 500 year-to-date, and an unfavorable trend in earnings estimate revisions has resulted in a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating potential near-term underperformance, further compounded by its industry's low ranking.
Restaurant Brands (QSR) reported robust Q3 2025 results, with adjusted earnings per share of $1.03, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.00 by 3.00%, and an increase from $0.93 a year ago. Quarterly revenues reached $2.45 billion, exceeding the consensus by 2.47% and growing from $2.29 billion year-over-year. The company has consistently beaten revenue estimates in three of the last four quarters and EPS estimates in two. Despite these operational beats, QSR shares have significantly underperformed the broader market, gaining only 1.3% year-to-date compared to the S&P 500's 17.2% rise. This underperformance is compounded by an unfavorable trend in earnings estimate revisions, leading to a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) for the stock, indicating expected near-term market underperformance. The Retail - Restaurants industry, to which QSR belongs, is also ranked in the bottom 9% of Zacks industries, further weighing on the outlook. The sustainability of any immediate price movement will heavily depend on management's commentary during the upcoming earnings call, particularly regarding future guidance. Current consensus estimates project QSR's next quarter EPS at $0.95 on $2.38 billion in revenues, with full-year estimates at $3.64 EPS on $9.29 billion in revenues.
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