EAT vs. PZZA, CAKE, BLMN, CBRL, JACK, BJRI, DIN, TAST, CHUY, and PLAY
Should you be buying Brinker International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brinker International include Papa John's International (PZZA), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
Brinker International has a beta of 2.46, indicating that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa John's International has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Papa John's International has a net margin of 3.84% compared to Brinker International's net margin of 3.63%. Papa John's International's return on equity of -19.46% beat Brinker International's return on equity.
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.
Brinker International presently has a consensus price target of $44.81, indicating a potential downside of 8.30%. Papa John's International has a consensus price target of $81.60, indicating a potential upside of 29.32%. Given Papa John's International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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.
In the previous week, Brinker International had 9 more articles in the media than Papa John's International. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Brinker International and 8 mentions for Papa John's International. Papa John's International's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Brinker International's score of 0.41 indicating that Papa John's International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Papa John's International beats Brinker International on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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