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Non-Tech : Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp (LTUS)

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To: Don Hess who wrote (76)12/14/1999 11:19:00 AM
From: Don Hess   of 78
 
Tuesday December 14, 10:44 am Eastern Time
RESEARCH ALERT - Three restaurants started
NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Banc of America Securities said on Tuesday it started coverage on shares of Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp. (NasdaqNM:LTUS - news) with a strong buy rating and Landry's Seafood Restaurants Inc. (NYSE:LNY - news) with a buy rating and a $12 a share price target.

-- Analyst Bob Summers said Garden Fresh has strong earnings visibility, driven by unit growth and same-store sales increases. Anticipates earnings per share growth of 20 percent over the next several years.

-- Summers forecasts earnings per share growth of 15-18 percent for Landry's and believes the company is in the early stages of a turnaround.

-- Started Il Fornaio (America) Corp. (NasdaqNM:ILFO - news) with a market perform rating. Although anticipates earnings per share growth of 20 percent, Summers believes the company's 1999 performance combined with unit growth concerns will weigh heavily on the stock over the next several quarters.

-- Il Fornaio up 1/8 at 7-7/8, Landry's flat at 8-3/4 and Garden Fresh was flat at 15-3/4.
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