TXRH vs. ARMK, DRI, EAT, PZZA, CBRL, JACK, YUM, WING, CAVA, and YUMC
Should you be buying Texas Roadhouse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Texas Roadhouse include Aramark (ARMK), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Brinker International (EAT), Papa John's International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), Yum! Brands (YUM), Wingstop (WING), CAVA Group (CAVA), and Yum China (YUMC). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ:TXRH) and Aramark (NYSE:ARMK) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.
Aramark has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Roadhouse. Aramark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Roadhouse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Texas Roadhouse received 141 more outperform votes than Aramark when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.32% of users gave Aramark an outperform vote while only 53.70% of users gave Texas Roadhouse an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Texas Roadhouse had 4 more articles in the media than Aramark. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Texas Roadhouse and 7 mentions for Aramark. Aramark's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Texas Roadhouse's score of 0.78 indicating that Aramark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.8% of Texas Roadhouse shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Texas Roadhouse shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Aramark shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Texas Roadhouse has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aramark has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Texas Roadhouse pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Aramark pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Texas Roadhouse pays out 53.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aramark pays out 15.9% 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.
Texas Roadhouse has a net margin of 6.58% compared to Aramark's net margin of 3.37%. Texas Roadhouse's return on equity of 27.43% beat Aramark's return on equity.
Texas Roadhouse presently has a consensus target price of $138.76, suggesting a potential downside of 11.87%. Aramark has a consensus target price of $33.04, suggesting a potential upside of 2.13%. Given Aramark's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aramark is more favorable than Texas Roadhouse.
Summary
Texas Roadhouse and Aramark tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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