Comments on: Nathan’s hosts Hot Dog Eating Contest

By: Tyrone Edwards

Tyrone Edwards — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:03:01 +0000

Hot Dogs should be a traded commodity! Looking at the current fluctuations in gold and silver over the years, the risk that Mother Nature plays on our crops, I figure beating on pigs seems to be a safe bet. Americans seem to love Hot Dogs, and as the economy continues to decline the price an ease of hot dogs make them even more attractive. America loves hot dogs so much, that the Travel Channel last week dedicated an entire episode to Hot Dogs.

However, I guess the idea of eating hot dogs sounds better than investing in hot dogs. I feel a lot of companies in the food industry should follow the example of the Mars snack brand company. With 40,500 employees and 20 billion in Revenue their proving that it’s okay to remain private.

By: Tim Turner

Tim Turner — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:07:17 +0000

I have never liked hot dogs and watching that hot dog eating contest only turned me off more. I think I may have found another anomaly. It would appear that when Joey Chestnut wins the Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest the economy is doomed meanwhile when Takero Kabayshi wins the economy has been strong. Next July 4th cannot come soon enough and I’ll be rooting for Takero Kabayshi.

By: Chris Hayes

Chris Hayes — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:41:03 +0000

It seems like there is more interest each year in the Hot Dog eating contest as it is now televised on ESPN. Looking at the increasing numbers it looks by being the sponsor is helping Nathan’s value a great deal. It would be interesting to see on the day of the contest if their stock value increased.

By: Jim Ledsome

Jim Ledsome — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:00:29 +0000

This baseball season is going to be the last played in Yankee stadium as many of you know. and Nathan’s holds the contract to serve a record breaking number of fans, their hot dogs. No doubt reaching the highest amount of dogs sold in the stadium. The second half of the year should be very positive for Nathan’s.

By: Jacob Hess

Jacob Hess — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:28:36 +0000

It makes me wonder if there’s some sort of seasonality to the stock, since the company becomes more popular in the summer when the eating contest comes around. It would make sense if the company looks solid on paper that more people would buy into it around this time of year and raise the price of the stock.

By: Levi McDonough

Levi McDonough — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:24:28 +0000

Just a thought, but I would love to see some analysis of Nathan’s stock performance relative to the industry average. I also agree with the above comment, on a historical tech. analysis to see if Nathan’s stock price increases durring summer months, due to increased sales.

By: Tate Kirk

Tate Kirk — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:18:52 +0000

Aside from fast-food restaurants Nathan’s also sells there famous brand hot dogs at grocery stores for those looking to save there money and do the cooking themselves (they taste better barbecued anyways). I’ve never really looked into any fast food restaurants for investing opportunities before but if In-n-Out Burger (a regional fast food place in California) goes public one day it will be one hot ticket.

By: Dan Waters

Dan Waters — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:25:02 +0000

Hardly any debt and their cash flow nearly doubled year over year for the second quarter. However they have practically no analyst coverage. Hey in a recession Im cooking my own food and dogs sound mighty good to me so i wouldnt be surprised to see a strong second half leading into 09 from these guys

By: robert bassett

robert bassett — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:06:20 +0000

It would be interesting to see if Nathans stock prices historically peak at the beginning of the 3rd quater in a given year as a result of increased sales in hotdogs due to July 4th. For this year I checked and Nathan’s gained about $1.84 or 14% from to April to June.

By: Cynthia Lee

Cynthia Lee — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:52:48 +0000

I like what John said about a Feed the Homeless Day. However, Nathan’s does not only serve hot dogs, so I feel they should have other foods and staples available at this venue. I agree that Nathan’s dogs are pretty scrumptious. I, too watched the competition and try to every year. It amazes me how much someone can eat. I wonder how sick they are of the dogs after this competiton is over.