Case | HBS Case Collection | 2005 (Revised from original 2004 version)

Valuation Ratios in the Restaurant Industry

by Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu

Abstract

Examines factors underlying differences in valuation multiples (price-earnings and price-to-book) across four firms in the restaurant industry.

Keywords: Valuation; Activity Based Costing and Management; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Earnings Management; Service Operations; Performance Efficiency; Accounting Audits; Customer Relationship Management; Food and Beverage Industry;

Citation:

Healy, Paul M., and Krishna G. Palepu. "Valuation Ratios in the Restaurant Industry." Harvard Business School Case 104-066, March 2005. (Revised from original January 2004 version.)