Texas Roadhouse (TXRH) Competitors

Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ:TXRH) and BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend TXRH or BJRI?

Texas Roadhouse presently has a consensus price target of $197.85, indicating a potential upside of 11.57%. BJ's Restaurants has a consensus price target of $39.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.04%. Given BJ's Restaurants' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BJ's Restaurants is more favorable than Texas Roadhouse.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Texas Roadhouse	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
BJ's Restaurants	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is TXRH or BJRI more profitable?

Texas Roadhouse has a net margin of 7.72% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.99%. Texas Roadhouse's return on equity of 31.52% beat BJ's Restaurants' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Texas Roadhouse	7.72%	31.52%	13.96%
BJ's Restaurants	1.99%	11.73%	4.27%

Does the media favor TXRH or BJRI?

In the previous week, Texas Roadhouse had 4 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Texas Roadhouse and 15 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. Texas Roadhouse's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat BJ's Restaurants' score of 0.38 indicating that Texas Roadhouse is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Texas Roadhouse	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BJ's Restaurants	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TXRH or BJRI?

94.8% of Texas Roadhouse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Texas Roadhouse shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TXRH or BJRI?

Texas Roadhouse has higher revenue and earnings than BJ's Restaurants. Texas Roadhouse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ's Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Texas Roadhouse	$5.37B	2.19	$433.59M	$6.55	27.07
BJ's Restaurants	$1.36B	0.57	$16.69M	$1.19	29.49

Which has more risk and volatility, TXRH or BJRI?

Texas Roadhouse has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Texas Roadhouse beats BJ's Restaurants on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.