EAT vs. BLMN, PZZA, CAKE, CBRL, JACK, BJRI, DIN, SG, ARCO, and PLAY
Should you be buying Brinker International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brinker International include Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Sweetgreen (SG), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) and Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) 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 profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, Bloomin' Brands had 7 more articles in the media than Brinker International. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Bloomin' Brands and 11 mentions for Brinker International. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Brinker International's score of 0.26 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brinker International received 128 more outperform votes than Bloomin' Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.62% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote.
Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brinker International has a beta of 2.42, meaning that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bloomin' Brands presently has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.35%. Brinker International has a consensus target price of $46.06, indicating a potential downside of 25.65%. Given Brinker International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bloomin' Brands is more favorable than Brinker International.
Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Brinker International. Brinker International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomin' Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brinker International has a net margin of 3.55% compared to Brinker International's net margin of 1.56%. Brinker International's return on equity of 65.73% beat Bloomin' Brands' return on equity.
Summary
Bloomin' Brands beats Brinker International on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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