| Emerging as Canada's top coffee house from the | | | | consumers can relate too. If such a proposition |
| famous Toronto Maple Leaf superstar, Tim Hortons | | | | (which is very likely) is able to be preformed, look for |
| (THI) has slowly emerged to become a top | | | | shares of Tim Hortons to skyrocket with increasing |
| competitor among not only coffee stops, but | | | | fundamentals making this company a potentially |
| restaurants as well. Serving items ranging from top | | | | incredible investment at its current price with an |
| soups to salads to sandwiches among the common | | | | unlimited ceiling of how far it can grow, making Tim |
| accessories of pastries, desserts, and of course | | | | Hortons an excellent long term investment.For |
| coffee, Tim Hortons looks to gain some market | | | | speculators however, Tim Hortons may not be the |
| share of such a booming industry.Recently spun off | | | | most favorable opportunity in terms of the short run. |
| from Wendy's into its newly created public sharing | | | | With the United States close to entering into a |
| market, Tim Hortons is pretty much even from | | | | recession when consumers will be paying less for |
| where it started last March. While some investors | | | | luxury items such as high priced coffee in favor of |
| may argue that the company is poor for the lack of | | | | more bargain products, companies like Tim Hortons |
| movement, typically, with the exclusion of financial | | | | may not be so desirable for investors looking to cash |
| stocks, most newly proposed IPOs tend to be priced | | | | in after a few months to a year. Fundamentals do |
| at too high of a price relative to the demand of | | | | look poor for this company as well which may make |
| potential shareholders and thus fall during the | | | | it less desirable for institutions. However, the fact is |
| beginning stages of the company's initiation. In the | | | | that since Tim Hortons is relatively new, it will take |
| case of Tim Hortons, with the added bonus of a | | | | some time for revenue or profit to grow |
| cease in a shareholder relationship with Wendy's, this | | | | substantially, and there may be some negative |
| company, free to move at will, has the potential with | | | | activity in terms of margins (especially operating |
| the added shares from Wendy's shareholders to | | | | ones) while the company initially is put on market. |
| reach maximum capital gains by looking at the | | | | However, if the company does expand as suggested |
| potential this company has.Situated in Canada with | | | | and achieves economics of scale, fundamentals |
| few other locations in Maine and other northern | | | | should not be a problem whatsoever.Thus, with a |
| American States, if Tim Hortons is able to sustain | | | | strong potential highly accessible for this company |
| favorable margins relative other competitors and | | | | desiring a spark for amazing returns, should be a key |
| expand into Southern portions of the United States | | | | player in the stock market in the coming five to ten |
| and other nations, Tim Hortons will not only | | | | years. I would not recommend this stock for short |
| experience favorable economics of scale, but | | | | term buyers, especially at a price of 27 points, but |
| excellent fundamentals in return. With prices | | | | for long term investors, even at 27, I would |
| considerably lower for items such as coffee and | | | | advocate taking the risk and seeing your profits sore |
| pastries, if Tim Hortons is able to expand as a | | | | with a trusted company that Tim Hortons entails in |
| multinational corporation, consumers will absolutely be | | | | the distant future.Dennis Biray presents advice on all |
| making the switch from giants like Starbucks to Tim | | | | kinds of topics ranging from finance and investing to |
| Hortons, which already has a favorable name | | | | fitness to sports. |