PZZA vs. CBRL, BLMN, JACK, EAT, CAKE, DIN, BJRI, RUTH, CHUY, and DENN
Should you be buying Papa John's International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Papa John's International include Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Jack in the Box (JACK), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Dine Brands Global (DIN), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Ruth's Hospitality Group (RUTH), Chuy's (CHUY), and Denny's (DENN). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Papa John's International vs.
Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Papa John's International pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Papa John's International pays out 75.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays out 108.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Papa John's International currently has a consensus target price of $95.09, suggesting a potential upside of 32.40%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus target price of $108.88, suggesting a potential upside of 6.43%. Given Papa John's International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.
Papa John's International received 92 more outperform votes than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Papa John's International an outperform vote while only 51.88% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.
Papa John's International has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store had 10 more articles in the media than Papa John's International. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and 4 mentions for Papa John's International. Papa John's International's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's score of 0.16 indicating that Papa John's International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Papa John's International has a net margin of 3.82% compared to Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's net margin of 3.20%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's return on equity of 23.55% beat Papa John's International's return on equity.
99.2% of Papa John's International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Papa John's International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has higher revenue and earnings than Papa John's International. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 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.
Summary
Papa John's International beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PZZA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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