Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) Competitors

BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) and Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is BJRI or BLMN a better dividend stock?

BJ's Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. BJ's Restaurants pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bloomin' Brands pays out -1,200.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is BJRI or BLMN more profitable?

BJ's Restaurants has a net margin of 1.99% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of -0.12%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 44.03% beat BJ's Restaurants' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BJ's Restaurants	1.99%	11.73%	4.27%
Bloomin' Brands	-0.12%	44.03%	3.84%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BJRI or BLMN?

BJ's Restaurants has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ's Restaurants, 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
BJ's Restaurants	$1.38B	0.50	$16.69M	$1.19	26.13
Bloomin' Brands	$3.93B	0.16	-$128.02M	-$0.05	-150.80

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BJRI or BLMN?

99.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Bloomin' Brands shares are held by company 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, BJRI or BLMN?

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BJRI or BLMN?

BJ's Restaurants currently has a consensus target price of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 27.55%. Bloomin' Brands has a consensus target price of $9.88, suggesting a potential upside of 30.97%. Given Bloomin' Brands' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bloomin' Brands is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BJ's Restaurants	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Bloomin' Brands	4 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.64

Does the media refer more to BJRI or BLMN?

In the previous week, Bloomin' Brands had 2 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Bloomin' Brands and 3 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Bloomin' Brands' score of 0.23 indicating that BJ's Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BJ's Restaurants	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Bloomin' Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

BJ's Restaurants beats Bloomin' Brands on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.