BH vs. PZZA, JACK, CBRL, BJRI, DIN, TAST, CHUY, RICK, DENN, and NATH
Should you be buying Biglari stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Biglari include Papa John's International (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Denny's (DENN), and Nathan's Famous (NATH). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Biglari (NYSE:BH) and Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Papa John's International received 248 more outperform votes than Biglari when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.22% of users gave Biglari an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave Papa John's International an outperform vote.
Papa John's International has a net margin of 3.50% compared to Biglari's net margin of 3.47%. Biglari's return on equity of 2.11% beat Papa John's International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Papa John's International had 18 more articles in the media than Biglari. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Papa John's International and 3 mentions for Biglari. Biglari's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Papa John's International's score of 0.14 indicating that Biglari is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Biglari has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa John's International has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Papa John's International has higher revenue and earnings than Biglari. Biglari 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.
74.3% of Biglari shares are held by institutional investors. 71.4% of Biglari shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Papa John's International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Papa John's International has a consensus target price of $76.36, suggesting a potential upside of 60.36%. Given Papa John's International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Biglari.
Summary
Papa John's International beats Biglari on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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