Papa John's International (PZZA) Competitors

Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) and Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, BLMN or PZZA?

Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa John's International has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BLMN or PZZA?

Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Papa John's International. Bloomin' Brands 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bloomin' Brands	$4.67B	0.47	$247.39M	$2.53	9.90
Papa John's International	$2.14B	0.94	$82.10M	$2.46	24.78

Does the media favor BLMN or PZZA?

In the previous week, Bloomin' Brands had 3 more articles in the media than Papa John's International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Bloomin' Brands and 9 mentions for Papa John's International. Papa John's International's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Bloomin' Brands' score of 0.17 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bloomin' Brands	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Papa John's International	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BLMN or PZZA a better dividend stock?

Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Papa John's International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Bloomin' Brands pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa John's International pays out 74.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bloomin' Brands has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Papa John's International has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Bloomin' Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BLMN or PZZA?

Bloomin' Brands received 79 more outperform votes than Papa John's International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.72% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote while only 61.38% of users gave Papa John's International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bloomin' Brands	Outperform Votes 567 62.72%	Underperform Votes 337 37.28%
Papa John's International	Outperform Votes 488 61.38%	Underperform Votes 307 38.62%

Is BLMN or PZZA more profitable?

Bloomin' Brands has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of 3.84%. Papa John's International's return on equity of 73.67% beat Bloomin' Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloomin' Brands	5.30%	73.67%	8.34%
Papa John's International	3.84%	-19.46%	10.28%

Do analysts rate BLMN or PZZA?

Bloomin' Brands currently has a consensus target price of $27.90, suggesting a potential upside of 11.42%. Papa John's International has a consensus target price of $81.60, suggesting a potential upside of 33.88%. Given Bloomin' Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Bloomin' Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloomin' Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Papa John's International	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Summary

Bloomin' Brands beats Papa John's International on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.