Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) Competitors

Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

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

96.0% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Bloomin' Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BLMN or CBRL?

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, 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
Bloomin' Brands	$3.95B	0.15	-$128.02M	-$0.05	-138.40
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$3.47B	0.33	$40.93M	$2.58	20.21

Is BLMN or CBRL a better dividend stock?

Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Bloomin' Brands pays out -1,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays out 38.8% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, BLMN or CBRL?

Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BLMN or CBRL?

Bloomin' Brands currently has a consensus target price of $9.88, suggesting a potential upside of 42.70%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus target price of $55.86, suggesting a potential upside of 7.15%. Given Bloomin' Brands' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bloomin' Brands is more favorable than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloomin' Brands	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.78
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is BLMN or CBRL more profitable?

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a net margin of 1.65% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of -0.12%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 44.03% beat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloomin' Brands	-0.12%	44.03%	3.84%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	1.65%	16.83%	3.53%

Does the media prefer BLMN or CBRL?

In the previous week, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store had 21 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and 9 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's score of 0.15 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bloomin' Brands	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store beats Bloomin' Brands on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.