What does "comps" mean in?

Question

Despite the company's struggles and its rather uninspiring IPO earlier this year, Burger King has served up 11 straight quarters with higher global comps.

Answer 1

"Comps" is short for "comparables", which is another term for "same store sales".

Same store sales compares the revenues per store that had already been opened. That is, comps does not include new stores because they naturally start off from a low base.

It is the industry standard benchmark for analyzing retail stores, just like hotels do "revpar", dine-in restaraunts do "revenue/square foot" and telecoms due ARPU.

Answer 2

Comparables.
"like-for-like store sales" or "same store sales"
(In this case, comparing the same store sales this quarter with the ones from last quarter -- not including new stores or aquisitions into the sales figures)
Comps give a better indication of how well revenues are increasing without skewing the equation with new factors.

Answer 3

com·pen·sa·tion (kmpn-sshn) KEY

NOUN:

The act of compensating or the state of being compensated.
Something, such as money, given or received as payment or reparation, as for a service or loss.
Biology The increase in size or activity of one part of an organism or organ that makes up for the loss or dysfunction of another.
Psychology Behavior that develops either consciously or unconsciously to offset a real or imagined deficiency, as in personality or physical ability.

Answer 4

What a wonderful question. Religion is, of course, the form that one's worship takes. Thus there are thousands of forms. Religion includes a system of religious beliefs and practices. The object of the religion may be false gods or the true God. Hence, there is false religion and there is true. Religion can get very fancy or remain simple. In the former case, such as it is today. In the latter case, such as it was in the Garden of Eden. What then is worship to me? How do I worship? To worship means to obey. And to obey means to worship. The two are intimately connected; indeed, they are coterminous and cannot be separated. Specifically, to obey the Sovereign Lord God Jehovah of Armies is to worship Him. I do my imperfect best in this regard. I fall on my face and get back up to try and try again. In the Garden of Eden, so long as they obeyed Jehovah, Adam and Eve were worshiping him. No temple, no Mosaic Law, no meetings. Simply leave the tree of the knowledge of good and bad alone. Simple. The minute they disobeyed, they stopped worshiping Jehovah. Same with the nation of Israel. The minute they attempted to practice a syncretistic religion they stopped worshiping Jehovah. The minute they made the golden calf, they stopped. And on and on. To worship is to obey. To obey is to worship. Hannah J Paul

Answer 5

incentives more or less like comps at a casino. burger king comps would be something like more money to stay with the company and better parking and free food. things like that.

Answer 6

Comparisions

Answer 7

Compensation In investment lingo.."Making up For"

Answer 8

I would have thought competitors