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WEN vs. PZZA, ARCO, QSR, EAT, CAKE, CBRL, BJRI, BLMN, BH, and NATH

Should you be buying Wendy's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wendy's include Papa John's International (PZZA), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Biglari (BH), and Nathan's Famous (NATH). These companies are all part of the "retail - restrnts" industry.

Wendy's vs. Its Competitors

Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) and Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Wendy's pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Papa John's International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Wendy's pays out 59.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa John's 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. Papa John's International has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Wendy's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

86.0% of Wendy's shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Wendy's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Papa John's International shares are held by 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 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa John's International has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Wendy's has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Papa John's International's net margin of 3.77%. Wendy's' return on equity of 85.36% beat Papa John's International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wendy's8.57% 85.36% 3.92%
Papa John's International 3.77%-15.72%7.63%

Wendy's has higher revenue and earnings than Papa John's International. Wendy's 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wendy's$2.25B0.94$194.36M$0.9411.72
Papa John's International$2.06B0.75$83.49M$2.3520.01

Wendy's currently has a consensus price target of $16.24, suggesting a potential upside of 47.34%. Papa John's International has a consensus price target of $51.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.00%. Given Wendy's' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Wendy's is more favorable than Papa John's International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wendy's
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Papa John's International
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

In the previous week, Wendy's had 32 more articles in the media than Papa John's International. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Wendy's and 9 mentions for Papa John's International. Papa John's International's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Wendy's' score of 0.20 indicating that Papa John's International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wendy's
7 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Papa John's International
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Wendy's beats Papa John's International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WEN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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WEN vs. The Competition

MetricWendy'sRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.12B$11.86B$26.14B$9.08B
Dividend Yield5.08%3.68%175.55%4.03%
P/E Ratio11.7239.2729.8920.33
Price / Sales0.942.112.9396.42
Price / Cash6.1917.7517.0627.98
Price / Book8.6810.785.735.50
Net Income$194.36M$400.87M$869.28M$250.38M
7 Day Performance-2.48%-0.57%1.56%2.19%
1 Month Performance-1.43%4.62%15.45%10.92%
1 Year Performance-34.01%5.23%21.23%16.41%

Wendy's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WEN
Wendy's
4.9812 of 5 stars
$11.02
-2.4%
$16.24
+47.3%
-34.0%$2.12B$2.25B11.7214,500Analyst Upgrade
PZZA
Papa John's International
3.0402 of 5 stars
$47.55
-3.0%
$51.25
+7.8%
+8.9%$1.56B$2.06B20.2311,400
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.2648 of 5 stars
$7.70
-2.0%
$8.80
+14.3%
-23.2%$1.62B$4.47B11.8598,615
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.7416 of 5 stars
$67.86
-1.5%
$75.68
+11.5%
-7.7%$22.24B$8.41B23.0037,600Positive News
EAT
Brinker International
3.3778 of 5 stars
$173.49
-5.1%
$144.75
-16.6%
+158.7%$7.71B$4.42B23.9368,852Positive News
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
3.8611 of 5 stars
$63.53
-3.3%
$54.63
-14.0%
+70.6%$3.15B$3.62B19.9247,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
3.7781 of 5 stars
$65.46
-2.1%
$53.86
-17.7%
+59.7%$1.46B$3.47B25.3777,600
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
2.3076 of 5 stars
$44.53
-3.4%
$37.20
-16.5%
+13.9%$985.00M$1.36B47.3721,000
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
3.4174 of 5 stars
$9.53
-6.2%
$13.85
+45.3%
-44.0%$809.38M$3.95B-317.5681,000
BH
Biglari
1.2971 of 5 stars
$287.39
-0.9%
N/A+53.4%$654.10M$367.70M-1.312,535
NATH
Nathan's Famous
2.4966 of 5 stars
$113.27
+0.4%
N/A+59.3%$463.27M$148.18M19.30130High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:WEN) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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