JACK vs. CBRL, BJRI, DIN, TAST, CHUY, BH, CAKE, DENN, NATH, and PZZA
Should you be buying Jack in the Box stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jack in the Box include Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), Biglari (BH), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Denny's (DENN), Nathan's Famous (NATH), and Papa John's International (PZZA). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Jack in the Box (NASDAQ:JACK) and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Jack in the Box has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Jack in the Box is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jack in the Box pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Jack in the Box pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays out 138.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Jack in the Box has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's net margin of 2.43%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's return on equity of 23.13% beat Jack in the Box's return on equity.
Jack in the Box has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jack in the Box currently has a consensus price target of $78.94, suggesting a potential upside of 47.81%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus price target of $75.43, suggesting a potential upside of 33.31%. Given Jack in the Box's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Jack in the Box is more favorable than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.
In the previous week, Jack in the Box had 17 more articles in the media than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Jack in the Box and 10 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Jack in the Box's score of -0.17 indicating that Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jack in the Box received 338 more outperform votes than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.20% of users gave Jack in the Box an outperform vote while only 50.13% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.
99.8% of Jack in the Box shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Jack in the Box shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Jack in the Box beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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