McDonald's: “an obsession with Starbucks’ business model.”

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Of course, McDonald’s has undergone periods of strategic muddle in the past, namely when it belatedly recognized a decade ago that it was expanding too much in slow-growing markets and curtailed store growth. And with a sturdy balance sheet, ample cash flow, and a 3.3% dividend yield, conservative investors might see the coffee cup as half-full for the stock.
Penney is skeptical, though. “I wouldn’t own it,” he says. “I think it will underperform.” Until, perhaps, McDonald’s brass addresses its drinking issues.



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