BLMN vs. PZZA, EAT, CAKE, CBRL, JACK, BJRI, DIN, PLAY, SG, and ARCO
Should you be buying Bloomin' Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloomin' Brands include 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), Sweetgreen (SG), and Arcos Dorados (ARCO). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) and Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Bloomin' Brands has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Papa John's International's net margin of 3.84%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 73.67% beat Papa John's International's return on equity.
Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa John's International has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bloomin' Brands currently has a consensus target price of $27.90, suggesting a potential downside of 2.72%. Papa John's International has a consensus target price of $82.70, suggesting a potential upside of 24.17%. Given Papa John's International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Bloomin' Brands.
Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Papa John's International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Bloomin' Brands pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa John's International pays out 74.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bloomin' Brands received 81 more outperform votes than Papa John's International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.72% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave Papa John's International an outperform vote.
Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Papa John's International. Bloomin' Brands 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, Papa John's International had 23 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Papa John's International and 4 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Papa John's International's score of -0.12 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Bloomin' Brands beats Papa John's International on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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