PZZA vs. EAT, BLMN, CAKE, CBRL, JACK, BJRI, DIN, TAST, CHUY, and PLAY
Should you be buying Papa John's International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Papa John's International include Brinker International (EAT), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) and Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Brinker International has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa John's International has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brinker International received 206 more outperform votes than Papa John's International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.38% of users gave Papa John's International an outperform vote while only 59.16% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Brinker International had 13 more articles in the media than Papa John's International. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Brinker International and 9 mentions for Papa John's International. Brinker International's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Papa John's International's score of 0.51 indicating that Papa John's International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brinker International pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Papa John's International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Brinker International pays out 44.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa John's International pays out 74.8% 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. Brinker International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brinker International presently has a consensus price target of $44.81, indicating a potential downside of 8.02%. Papa John's International has a consensus price target of $81.60, indicating a potential upside of 30.25%. Given Brinker International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Brinker International.
Brinker International has higher revenue and earnings than Papa John's International. Brinker International 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.
Papa John's International has a net margin of 3.84% compared to Papa John's International's net margin of 3.63%. Brinker International's return on equity of -19.46% beat Papa John's International's return on equity.
Summary
Papa John's International beats Brinker International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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