WESTON, Fla., April 12, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Wall Street News Alert's "stocks to watch" this morning are: Ultimate Franchise Systems Incorporated (OTCBB:UFSY), General Motors Corporation (NYSE:GM), Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE:TXN) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MWD).
Aggressive investors and day traders may have their sights set on Ultimate Franchise Systems Inc. (OTCBB:UFSY). The company has just released a summary of significant events for 2004.
This could be great news for investors! According to the company's press release, UFSY completed several significant transactions during the year, which added three new brand affiliations and increased the company's franchise investments from 385 to almost 600. This was a 57% increase in the number of franchise affiliates in the one-year period.
The following events were undertaken by UFSY in 2004 to increase its shareholder value:
The name of Sobiks Franchising Systems Inc. was changed to Quality Restaurant Ventures Inc. (QRVI) to better position the company for acquisitions and new franchise expansion.
UFSY assisted QRVI in the acquisition of Famous Food Group, owner of the Famous Uncle Al's Hot Dog chain of twelve fast food units.
UFSY assisted QRVI in the acquisition of Westshore Pizza, based in Tampa, Fla. with 50 restaurants.
UFSY acquired 100% of Obee's Franchising Systems Inc. (OBFC), and then spun the company off into its own public corporation late in the year. OBFC now has commitments to open 1300 franchises over the next 10 years.
UFSY acquired 100% of the Juicy Lucy's Hamburger chain of nine units adding 3.6 million dollars in sales.
UFSY invested sizably in Picadilly Cafeterias and Harvey's Bistro Restaurants.
UFSY opened over 30 new franchises in its family of brands.
UFSY formed FransAction, Inc. to lead the company's new thrust of franchise expansion.
Investors watch this one! "2004 was a very strong year for UFSY," said Christopher Swartz, UFSY CEO. "The OBFC spin-off was a major event that went smoothly and has attracted national attention to our company. We also increased our brand affiliations to 13 and grew from operating in 20 states to 30 states across the country. Our next step will be to develop an investor relations program that carries this important message to our shareholders and the investment community."
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Prior to the press release, the stock had closed at Thirty-Eight cents a share.
Stocks showing interesting activity yesterday at the close of the regular trading day were: General Motors Corporation (NYSE:GM) down 0.8% on 9.2 million shares traded, Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE:TXN) up 0.8% on 7.8 million shares traded and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MWD) down 2.3% on 8.5 million shares traded.
Commentary: "For the Year the Dow is down 3% while the Nadsaq is off by 8.1 percent. This next earnings announcement will be closely watched, "Are people staring to car pool?," stated Sonja Rudd in Wall Street News Alert's daily commentary continued at: http://www.WallStreetNewsAlert.com.
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