Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) Competitors

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

Does the media favor CBRL or BLMN?

In the previous week, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store had 17 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and 7 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's score of 0.43 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bloomin' Brands	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CBRL or BLMN?

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store currently has a consensus target price of $55.43, suggesting a potential upside of 8.24%. Bloomin' Brands has a consensus target price of $9.88, suggesting a potential upside of 45.22%. Given Bloomin' Brands' higher probable upside, 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
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Bloomin' Brands	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.78

Is CBRL or BLMN a better dividend stock?

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays out 38.8% 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CBRL or BLMN?

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$3.47B	0.33	$40.93M	$2.58	19.85
Bloomin' Brands	$3.95B	0.15	-$128.02M	-$0.05	-136.00

Is CBRL or BLMN 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
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	1.65%	16.83%	3.53%
Bloomin' Brands	-0.12%	44.03%	3.84%

Which has more risk & volatility, CBRL or BLMN?

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. Comparatively, Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Summary

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