NATH vs. PZZA, CBRL, BJRI, BLMN, BH, DIN, JACK, RICK, DENN, and RRGB
Should you be buying Nathan's Famous stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nathan's Famous include Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Biglari (BH), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Jack in the Box (JACK), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Denny's (DENN), and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Nathan's Famous vs. Its Competitors
Papa Johns International (NASDAQ:PZZA) and Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Nathan's Famous has a net margin of 16.19% compared to Papa Johns International's net margin of 4.51%. Papa Johns International's return on equity of -19.61% beat Nathan's Famous' return on equity.
Papa Johns International received 357 more outperform votes than Nathan's Famous when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.12% of users gave Nathan's Famous an outperform vote while only 61.77% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.
Papa Johns International has higher revenue and earnings than Nathan's Famous. Nathan's Famous is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Papa Johns International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Nathan's Famous pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Papa Johns International pays out 78.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nathan's Famous pays out 34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa Johns International has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Papa Johns International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Papa Johns International had 4 more articles in the media than Nathan's Famous. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Papa Johns International and 13 mentions for Nathan's Famous. Nathan's Famous' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Papa Johns International's score of 0.40 indicating that Nathan's Famous is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Papa Johns International currently has a consensus target price of $51.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.04%. Given Papa Johns International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Papa Johns International is more favorable than Nathan's Famous.
66.5% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Papa Johns International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.7% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nathan's Famous has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Papa Johns International beats Nathan's Famous on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NATH) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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