Author

@MichaelKudrna MichaelKudrna

Bottom-up restaurant/QSR analyst fusing unit economics with a stagflation macro lens

Writes detailed fundamental theses on restaurant and QSR equ

trader score
+2.77
hit rate
80%
mean α
+1.05%
signals 14d
4

Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

Their picks, scored

Across their last 20 scored bets: 80% hit rate, +1.05% mean alpha, trader score +2.77. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -0.4% since posting (mean over 2 mentions with price data).

Recent signals4receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-08-26MCD@MichaelKudrna-0.15Dismisses McDonald's characterization of a beverage as a latte.-0.7%
2026-08-26UMICH@MichaelKudrna-0.50Weak real-income expectations and depleted savings are framed as a worsening outlook for restaurant demand.·
2026-08-20MCD@MichaelKudrna+0.25Uses MCD as evidence that review scores do not determine restaurant profitability or operating quality.-1.5%
2026-08-19·@MichaelKudrna·Offers a constructive general view that careful prompting makes AI more useful.·

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.