EAT vs. PZZA, BLMN, CAKE, CBRL, JACK, BJRI, DIN, TAST, CHUY, and PLAY
Should you be buying Brinker International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brinker International include Papa John's International (PZZA), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) and Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Papa John's International has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brinker International has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Papa John's International has a net margin of 3.84% compared to Papa John's International's net margin of 3.63%. Brinker International's return on equity of -19.46% beat Papa John's International's return on equity.
Brinker International received 206 more outperform votes than Papa John's International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.38% of users gave Papa John's International an outperform vote while only 59.16% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote.
Brinker International has higher revenue and earnings than Papa John's International. Brinker International 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.
In the previous week, Brinker International had 24 more articles in the media than Papa John's International. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Brinker International and 6 mentions for Papa John's International. Papa John's International's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Brinker International's score of 0.31 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Papa John's International currently has a consensus price target of $81.60, indicating a potential upside of 32.27%. Brinker International has a consensus price target of $44.81, indicating a potential downside of 16.43%. Given Brinker International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Brinker International.
Summary
Papa John's International beats Brinker International on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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