The deal expands Redwire’s capabilities and its exposure to European customers. Space NV provides design and integration of infrastructure and other instruments for space missions. Redwire will pay 32 million euros to buy the company, a price close to $32 million at recent exchange rates. Jacksonville-based Redwire said it agreed to buy Space NV, a Belgium-based commercial space business, from QinetiQ Group plc. Space technology company Redwire Corp., the product of eight acquisitions since March 2020, announced another deal Oct. Hinrichs succeeded retiring James Foote as CEO on Sept. Neither analyst addressed the change in leadership at CSX. rails to achieve the approximate 2.5% volume growth currently reflected in consensus,” Wadewitz said. “While a significant decline in freight demand would likely alleviate existing capacity constraints and lead to the improved service levels needed for the rails to regain share from truck, we believe it will be difficult for the U.S. Wadewitz said consensus earnings estimates for railroads are too high, given the economic outlook. rail labor costs are due a markup for the tentative union agreements, and the risk of a work stoppage could arise again in late November and early December,” Majors said in his report.Īlthough several labor unions reached agreements with major railroads in September, the rank-and-file workers will not vote on the deal until mid-November, Majors said. “As we look toward 2023, macroeconomic clouds continue to gather, the pressure to improve rail service hasn’t eased, U.S. 27 and Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Bascome Majors downgraded them from “positive” to “neutral” Sept. UBS analyst Thomas Wadewitz downgraded them from “buy” to “neutral” Sept. railway company, Norfolk Southern Corp., because of the overall economic outlook. The analysts downgraded CSX and the other major Eastern U.S. The downgrades had nothing to do with the change in leadership. Two analysts downgrade CSXĪs Joseph Hinrichs took over as chief executive of CSX Corp., two analysts downgraded the Jacksonville-based railroad company.
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“While we always manage our business at Cracker Barrel to perform well in whatever environment we find ourselves, we do so while focusing on the longer-term success of the brand,” she said. She said recent trends are putting pressure on the company’s pricing and menu decisions. “Across the restaurant industry right now, management teams are confronting the challenge of navigating an environment of softer consumer demand and higher costs, coupled with the uncertainty about when either of these dynamics will abate,” Cochran said. The company said lower-than-anticipated travel volume, fewer visits from customers age 65 and older, and inflation affected business in the quarter. The company has 664 Cracker Barrel restaurants and plans to open only three or four new locations in fiscal 2023.Ĭracker Barrel reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 5.9% to $830.4 million, but that was below its expectations.Īdjusted earnings of $1.57 a share were 68 cents lower than the previous year, but higher than the average analyst’s forecast of $1.38, according to Zacks Investment Research. Maple Street had 33 restaurants in seven states when Cracker Barrel bought the company, then based in Orange Park, for $36 million in October 2019. “We expect to open 15 to 20 units in fiscal ‘23 before accelerating further in fiscal ‘24 and ‘25.” John Maguire, who joined the company in May as president of Maple Street, “has hit the ground running and is building an appropriate team to support growth,” she said. But as recently as its June quarterly conference call, Cracker Barrel said it planned 10 new Maple Street restaurants in the year. Maple Street added seven new locations in fiscal 2022, bringing the chain to 51 restaurants in nine states. “We remain bullish on Maple Street and despite the unexpected construction delays and supply chain issues that kept us from opening the number of stores we had hoped to open in fiscal ‘22, we remain very confident in the growth potential of this brand,” Cracker Barrel CEO Sandra Cochran said in a Sept.
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