Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) Competitors

Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) and Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts prefer PZZA or BLMN?

Papa John's International presently has a consensus target price of $81.60, indicating a potential upside of 29.32%. Bloomin' Brands has a consensus target price of $27.90, indicating a potential upside of 3.60%. Given Bloomin' Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Bloomin' Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Papa John's International	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Bloomin' Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PZZA or BLMN?

Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Papa John's International. Bloomin' Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Papa John's International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Papa John's International	$2.14B	0.97	$82.10M	$2.46	25.65
Bloomin' Brands	$4.67B	0.50	$247.39M	$2.53	10.64

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PZZA or BLMN?

Bloomin' Brands received 79 more outperform votes than Papa John's International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.72% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote while only 61.38% of users gave Papa John's International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Papa John's International	Outperform Votes 488 61.38%	Underperform Votes 307 38.62%
Bloomin' Brands	Outperform Votes 567 62.72%	Underperform Votes 337 37.28%

Is PZZA or BLMN a better dividend stock?

Papa John's International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Papa John's International pays out 74.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bloomin' Brands pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Papa John's International has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Bloomin' Brands has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Bloomin' Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, PZZA or BLMN?

Papa John's International has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PZZA or BLMN?

In the previous week, Bloomin' Brands had 1 more articles in the media than Papa John's International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Bloomin' Brands and 11 mentions for Papa John's International. Papa John's International's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Bloomin' Brands' score of 0.62 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Papa John's International	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bloomin' Brands	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PZZA or BLMN more profitable?

Bloomin' Brands has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of 3.84%. Papa John's International's return on equity of 73.67% beat Bloomin' Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Papa John's International	3.84%	-19.46%	10.28%
Bloomin' Brands	5.30%	73.67%	8.34%

Summary

Bloomin' Brands beats Papa John's International on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.