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
+2.21
hit rate
55%
mean α
+1.93%
signals 14d
30

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: 55% hit rate, +1.93% mean alpha, trader score +2.21. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved +4.3% since posting (mean over 8 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-07-02VIX@MichaelKudrna-0.45Weak jobs data supports rate-cut hopes without recession panic; stocks green and VIX crushed.·
2026-07-01·@MichaelKudrna·Weak jobs print could confirm growth fears; big miss becomes a growth scare.·
2026-07-01·@MichaelKudrna·Bond selloff and 10yr at 4.47% seen bracing for hot NFP; soft payrolls could spark violent reaction.·
2026-06-29SBUX@MichaelKudrna+0.00Author says Sweetgreen turnaround has real structural fixes but demand and profitability issues remain.+0.2%
2026-06-29SG@MichaelKudrna-0.35Author says Sweetgreen turnaround has real structural fixes but demand and profitability issues remain.+2.6%
2026-06-29AMZN@MichaelKudrna+0.00Author says Sweetgreen turnaround has real structural fixes but demand and profitability issues remain.+1.1%
2026-06-29CMG@MichaelKudrna+0.00Author says Sweetgreen turnaround has real structural fixes but demand and profitability issues remain.+7.3%
2026-06-28·@MichaelKudrna·Argues NYC rent freeze squeezes landlords into distress sales.·
2026-06-28·@MichaelKudrna·Says restaurant loses money at 700k sales against 12k rent.·
2026-06-28·@MichaelKudrna·Restaurant deal terms cited as unattractive: 12k monthly rent, 700k sales, 200k price.·
2026-06-27·@MichaelKudrna·Predicts Korean food becomes a major US food category.·
2026-06-27·@MichaelKudrna·Argues online operators are underpaid and central to revenue.·
2026-06-27·@MichaelKudrna·Argues AI use skill is the moat, citing client sales and SEO outcomes.·
2026-06-26·@MichaelKudrna·Criticizes record spending, debt, money supply growth, and fiscal mismanagement.·
2026-06-26·@MichaelKudrna·Sales tax burden framed as hurting restaurant and retail consumer perception.·

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.