PZZA vs. EAT, BLMN, CAKE, CBRL, JACK, BJRI, DIN, TAST, CHUY, and PLAY
Should you be buying Papa John's International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Papa John's International include Brinker International (EAT), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) and Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Brinker International has higher revenue and earnings than Papa John's International. Brinker International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Papa John's International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Papa John's International has a net margin of 3.84% compared to Brinker International's net margin of 3.63%. Papa John's International's return on equity of -19.46% beat Brinker International's return on equity.
Brinker International received 206 more outperform votes than Papa John's International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.38% of users gave Papa John's International an outperform vote while only 59.27% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Papa John's International had 4 more articles in the media than Brinker International. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Papa John's International and 9 mentions for Brinker International. Brinker International's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Papa John's International's score of 0.49 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Papa John's International presently has a consensus target price of $81.60, suggesting a potential upside of 26.98%. Brinker International has a consensus target price of $43.80, suggesting a potential downside of 8.83%. Given Papa John's International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Brinker International.
Papa John's International has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brinker International has a beta of 2.46, indicating that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Papa John's International beats Brinker International on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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