CBRL vs. WEN, EAT, CAKE, BLMN, PZZA, JACK, BJRI, CHUY, DIN, and BH
Should you be buying Cracker Barrel Old Country Store stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store include Wendy's (WEN), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Chuy's (CHUY), Dine Brands Global (DIN), and Biglari (BH). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Wendy's received 358 more outperform votes than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.35% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 49.34% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.
86.0% of Wendy's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Wendy's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Wendy's has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wendy's has a net margin of 9.44% compared to Wendy's' net margin of 1.77%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's return on equity of 62.68% beat Wendy's' return on equity.
In the previous week, Wendy's had 25 more articles in the media than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Wendy's and 11 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Wendy's' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's score of 0.16 indicating that Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wendy's presently has a consensus price target of $21.03, suggesting a potential upside of 25.23%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus price target of $59.86, suggesting a potential upside of 37.00%. Given Wendy's' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is more favorable than Wendy's.
Wendy's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Wendy's pays out 101.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Wendy's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wendy's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Wendy's beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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