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Summary Chuy's offers the unique opportunity for a fast-growing restaurant stock trading at multi-year lows. The Tex-Mex concept remains relatively small with only 61 locations in 14 states. The slowing unit development plan, along with a better real estate strategy, will help ramp up new locations faster and improve margins in 2016. Chuy's stock isn't cheap, but it offers an attractive valuation with annual growth continuing at the nearly 20% clip. With falling oil prices, most restaurant stocks got a boost in consumer spending and higher stock prices. One restaurant concept actually trading near multi-year lows is Chuy's Holdings (NASDAQ: CHUY ) . The concept has seen the stock hammered 50% after a very successful run after the IPO back in 2012. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha. Disclosure: No positions mentioned. Please review the disclaimer page for more details. 

Chuy's Holdings ( NASDAQ: CHUY     ) stock launched out of the IPO gate due to the excitement over the potential for the Southwest regional chain to expand nationally. The Austin, Texas-based Tex-Mex chain only operates 48 full-service restaurants and recently expanded into the Carolinas and Ohio. In the past month, the stock has faced selling pressure after the third-quarter earnings report showed declining margins. However, other successful restaurant chains have had periods of weakness followed by huge returns. Fellow Mexican chain Chipotle Mexican Grill ( NYSE: CMG     ) and industry leader Darden Restaurants ( NYSE: DRI     )  share another theme: strong restaurant-level margins while maintaining restaurant growth. Is the recent margin decline a blip for Chuy's due to absorption of all the new restaurant growth or has the company bitten off more than it can chew? Read the full article here . Disclosure: No positions m...

Investing in restaurant stocks can be a simple, yet frustrating, pursuit. Developing a successful concept that can easily be duplicated across the country is easier said than done. While a good plan in theory, restaurants can quickly come in and out of favor. Very few successfully make the trek from a strong regional play to a truly national company. Investors crave the successes of Chipotle Mexican Grill or Panera Bread , which quickly spread nationwide and provided huge gains for early investors. Now a new set of restaurant stocks hope to replicate that success, from relatively new public firms  Chuy's ( NASDAQ: CHUY     ) and Noodles & Company ( NASDAQ: NDLS     ) to recent turnaround Jack in the Box ( NASDAQ: JACK     ) . All three stocks have market valuations of less than $2 billion compared to the $12 billion valuation of Chipotle. Read the full article here . Disclosure: No positions mentioned. Please review the disclaim...

After a recent visit to the local Chuy’s (NASDAQ: CHUY ) restaurant, it became clear that the company is on a successful path. Even arriving after 1pm for lunch, the restaurant had a five-minute wait, an unheard of scenario in this area. The most disappointing part of the lunch was missing that the stock went public last summer and has already gained more than 170% before even putting together the more » Disclosure: No positions mentioned. Please review the disclaimer page for more details.