SG vs. EAT, ARCO, PLAY, BLMN, PZZA, CAKE, FWRG, KRUS, CBRL, and JACK
Should you be buying Sweetgreen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sweetgreen include Brinker International (EAT), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), and Jack in the Box (JACK). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Sweetgreen (NYSE:SG) and Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Brinker International has higher revenue and earnings than Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brinker International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sweetgreen has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its stock price is 122% 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.
Brinker International has a net margin of 3.55% compared to Sweetgreen's net margin of -17.15%. Sweetgreen's return on equity of -20.74% beat Brinker International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Sweetgreen had 34 more articles in the media than Brinker International. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Sweetgreen and 11 mentions for Brinker International. Brinker International's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Sweetgreen's score of 0.38 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sweetgreen currently has a consensus price target of $25.75, suggesting a potential downside of 19.30%. Brinker International has a consensus price target of $46.06, suggesting a potential downside of 25.65%. Given Sweetgreen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sweetgreen is more favorable than Brinker International.
Brinker International received 682 more outperform votes than Sweetgreen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.18% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Sweetgreen an outperform vote.
95.8% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.5% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Brinker International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Brinker International beats Sweetgreen on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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