restaurant brands international shares were higher tuesday morning after the company reported strong sales across its brands that supported higher profit in the second quarter at 938 am et shares in toronto were trading 47 at 10311 canadian dollars 7712 the canadianamerican fastfood holding company which houses the tim hortons and burger king brands said total revenue rose to 176 billion from 164 billion beating analyst forecasts for the period which pegged the figure at 174 billion according to factset restaurant brands saw its consolidated systemwide sales growth rise to 14 from 133 a year ago this supported a slightly higher net income of 351 million or 77 cents a share up from 346 million or 76 cents a share in the prioryear period tim hortons saw its systemwide sales growth fall to 15 down slightly from 163 a year earlier while burger kings growth reached 138 compared with 132 in total systemwide sales amounted to 1095 billion up from 977 billion comparable sales followed similar trends tim hortons comparable sales growth fell to 114 from 122 while burger kings rate of growth increased to 102 from 87 its two other brands popeyes and firehouse subs saw unchanged growth at 21 and a slight increase to 41 from 4 respectively these were strong operating metrics according to scotiabank analyst george doumet pointing to stronger than expected samestore sales growth for tim hortons and popeyes in a report he says the results should support improved valuations for the stock as the company continues to deliver strong operating metrics particularly at burger king restaurant brands largest unit the companys stock is up more than 21 in 2023 and about 19 over the course of the last 52 weeks