BLMN vs. ARCO, PZZA, EAT, CAKE, CBRL, JACK, BJRI, DIN, PLAY, and SG
Should you be buying Bloomin' Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloomin' Brands include Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Papa John's International (PZZA), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), and Sweetgreen (SG).
Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) and Arcos Dorados (NYSE:ARCO) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Bloomin' Brands presently has a consensus price target of $27.90, suggesting a potential downside of 2.04%. Arcos Dorados has a consensus price target of $13.38, suggesting a potential upside of 22.59%. Given Arcos Dorados' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arcos Dorados is more favorable than Bloomin' Brands.
In the previous week, Arcos Dorados had 15 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Arcos Dorados and 5 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Arcos Dorados' score of 0.63 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bloomin' Brands received 294 more outperform votes than Arcos Dorados when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.72% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote while only 55.49% of users gave Arcos Dorados an outperform vote.
Bloomin' Brands has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Arcos Dorados' net margin of 4.18%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 73.67% beat Arcos Dorados' return on equity.
Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Arcos Dorados pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Bloomin' Brands pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arcos Dorados pays out 18.8% 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 higher revenue and earnings than Arcos Dorados. Bloomin' Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcos Dorados, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcos Dorados has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
36.3% of Arcos Dorados shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Bloomin' Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Bloomin' Brands beats Arcos Dorados on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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