Brief: Carrols Restaurant Group Q2 Adjusted Earnings Per Share $0.22

Carrols Restaurant

07/08/2018 18:49

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Carrols Restaurant Group Inc  TAST.O :
    * CARROLS RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. REPORTS FINANCIAL RESULTS
FOR THE
SECOND QUARTER 2018
    * Q2 ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.22
    * Q2 EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.17
    * Q2 SALES $303 MILLION VERSUS I/B/E/S VIEW $300.7 MILLION
    * Q2 EARNINGS PER SHARE VIEW $0.20 -- THOMSON REUTERS
I/B/E/S
    * QTRLY COMPARABLE RESTAURANT SALES INCREASED A SOLID 5.0%
COMPARED TO A 4.6% INCREASE IN PRIOR YEAR QUARTER
    * AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2018, CARROLS OWNED
AND
OPERATED 807 BURGER KING RESTAURANTS
    * REVISING ITS GUIDANCE FOR 2018
    * SEES 2018 TOTAL RESTAURANT SALES TO BE $1.16 BILLION TO
$1.18
BILLION
    * 2018 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE $58 MILLION
TO $62
MILLION
    * EXPECTS TO CLOSE 15 TO 20 EXISTING RESTAURANTS IN 2018

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