SBUX sees Q3 global comps dip 2%, but U.S. transaction trends and China growth hint at an early-stage recovery.

Most private equity managers rely on three common approaches to valuation: publicly traded comps, transaction comps, and discounted cash flow models. Click to read.

However, Dutch Bros was able to overcome weakness among consumers in the first quarter, growing its same-store sales (comps) by 4.7%, with transactions increasing 1.3%.

With a 3.3% increase in transaction comps and a 2.7% rise in average check size in the third quarter of 2024, Chipotle’s focus on optimizing the expo position and enhancing operational execution ...

Same-store sales, otherwise known as comps, measure revenue for locations that are open 13 months or longer. On a global level, comps rose 5% thanks to a higher average transaction size.

Chipotle's fourth-quarter earnings report, released on Feb. 6, included a fantastic 6.1% comps growth, with 2.2% of that number being -- finally -- increased transactions.