Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Chipotle Mexican Grill, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.63 |
Chipotle Mexican Grill | 0 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 2.59 |
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store currently has a consensus target price of $143.6250, indicating a potential upside of 2.67%. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a consensus target price of $1,375.7931, indicating a potential downside of 7.92%. Given Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is more favorable than Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Profitability
This table compares Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Chipotle Mexican Grill's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | 3.92% | 3.54% | 0.73% |
Chipotle Mexican Grill | 4.08% | 16.70% | 5.38% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
74.8% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Chipotle Mexican Grill's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | $2.52 billion | 1.32 | $-32,470,000.00 | $2.04 | 68.57 |
Chipotle Mexican Grill | $5.59 billion | 7.48 | $350.16 million | $14.05 | 106.35 |
Chipotle Mexican Grill has higher revenue and earnings than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chipotle Mexican Grill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Chipotle Mexican Grill beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.