Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) Competitors

Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) and Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Which has better earnings and valuation, WEN or BLMN?

Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Wendy's. Bloomin' Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wendy's, 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
Wendy's	$2.25B	1.09	$194.36M	$0.95	13.16
Bloomin' Brands	$3.95B	0.17	$247.39M	-$1.49	-5.38

Does the media favor WEN or BLMN?

In the previous week, Wendy's had 21 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Wendy's and 5 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Wendy's' score of 0.34 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wendy's	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bloomin' Brands	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend WEN or BLMN?

Wendy's currently has a consensus target price of $17.58, indicating a potential upside of 40.67%. Bloomin' Brands has a consensus target price of $14.30, indicating a potential upside of 78.30%. Given Bloomin' Brands' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bloomin' Brands is more favorable than Wendy's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wendy's	2 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
Bloomin' Brands	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.82

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in WEN or BLMN?

86.0% of Wendy's shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of Wendy's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Bloomin' Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WEN or BLMN more profitable?

Wendy's has a net margin of 8.65% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of -0.12%. Wendy's' return on equity of 75.56% beat Bloomin' Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wendy's	8.65%	75.56%	4.03%
Bloomin' Brands	-0.12%	62.18%	5.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WEN or BLMN?

Wendy's received 167 more outperform votes than Bloomin' Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.54% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 60.62% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wendy's	Outperform Votes 738 62.54%	Underperform Votes 442 37.46%
Bloomin' Brands	Outperform Votes 571 60.62%	Underperform Votes 371 39.38%

Is WEN or BLMN a better dividend stock?

Wendy's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Wendy's pays out 105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bloomin' Brands pays out -40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, WEN or BLMN?

Wendy's has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Wendy's beats Bloomin' Brands on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.