CBRL vs. WEN, EAT, CAKE, BLMN, PZZA, JACK, BJRI, DIN, TAST, and CHUY
Should you be buying Cracker Barrel Old Country Store stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store include Wendy's (WEN), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), and Chuy's (CHUY). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
86.0% of Wendy's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Wendy's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wendy's presently has a consensus price target of $22.06, suggesting a potential upside of 27.86%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.48%. Given Wendy's' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is more favorable than Wendy's.
Wendy's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Wendy's pays out 101.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Wendy's has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Wendy's has a net margin of 9.44% compared to Wendy's' net margin of 2.43%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's return on equity of 62.68% beat Wendy's' return on equity.
Wendy's has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store had 2 more articles in the media than Wendy's. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and 24 mentions for Wendy's. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Wendy's' score of -0.14 indicating that Wendy's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wendy's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wendy's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wendy's received 356 more outperform votes than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 49.87% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.
Summary
Wendy's beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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