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Cracker Barrel (CBRL)
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) has been in business since 1969 and operates a chain of more than 650 restaurants located throughout the U.S. The company’s country-themed, full-service restaurant served 7,000 guests per week in 2017, offering diners a variety of breakfast (24% of sales), lunch (39%), and dinner (37%) foods with meals costing about $10 on average. Each restaurant location also has a large gift shop, which offers over 4,500 decorative and functional items, such as apparel and accessories (30% of retail sales), packaged foods (18%), decor (13%), toys (11%), and bed and bath goods (8%). In 2017, about 80% of Cracker Barrel's revenue was generated from restaurants, with the remaining 20% from its gift shops. [...]
Raytheon (RTN)
Founded in 1922, Raytheon (RTN) is a defense contractor and technology leader specializing in defense, civil government, and cybersecurity solutions. The company operates through five segments: Missile Systems (29% of sales, 31% of income): develops and supports a range of weapon systems, including missiles, smart munitions, close-in weapon systems, projectiles, kinetic kill vehicles, directed energy effectors, and combat sensor solutions. Integrated Defense Systems (22% of sales, 28% of income): specializes in air and missile defense, large land- and sea-based radars, and systems for managing command, control, communications, computers, cyber and intelligence. It also produces sonars, torpedoes, and electronic systems for ships. Space and Airborne Systems (24% of sales, 26% of income): is a leading provider of radar and sensor systems [...]
Compass Minerals (CMP)
Compass Minerals (CMP) boasts an operating history dating back to 1844 and is a leading producer of essential minerals. Specifically, Compass Minerals primarily sells: Salt: used mainly by cities for deicing roads but has many consumer and industrial applications as well. Specialty potash: a premium fertilizer that improves the quality, yield, and shelf life of high-value crops. Micronutrients: essential minerals that maximize plant yields. Magnesium chloride: used in numerous ways including roadway deicing, dust control, and as plant nutrients for wheat crops. Compass Minerals owns a handful of salt mines (including the largest rock salt mine in the world in Canada) and solar evaporation facilities (including the only sulfate of potash production site in North America) that it uses to [...]
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) traces its roots back to 1887 and is one of the world's largest biopharmaceutical businesses. The company offers drugs in the various therapeutic classes, such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience, and virology, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Bristol-Myers' top 10 drugs account for 90% of sales and include the following major contributors: Opdivo (24% of 2017 sales), a biological product for the treatment of anti-cancer indications Eliquis (24% of 2017 sales), an oral inhibitor targeted at stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation Orencia (12% of 2017 sales), which treats adult patients with active rheumatoid arthritis Sprycel (10% of 2017 sales), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of adults with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia Yervoy (6% [...]