Swing Breakout Candidates

 | Sep 07, 2012 07:56AM ET

Panera Bread Company (PNRA), together with its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and franchises retail bakery-cafes in the United States and Canada. Its bakery-cafes offer fresh baked goods, sandwiches, soups, salads, custom roasted coffees, and other complementary products, as well as provide catering services under the Panera Catering name.

The company also provides fresh dough, produce, tuna, and cream cheese items, as well as sweet goods items through its company-owned and franchise-operated bakery-cafes. As of June 29, 2012, it operated approximately 1,600 bakery-cafes under the Panera Bread, Saint Louis Bread Co., and Paradise Bakery & Cafe names. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

  • EPS % Change last quarter=+25%
  • Last 3 quarters average EPS Growth=+24%
  • Sales percent change last quarter=+18%