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DRI vs. BJRI, CAKE, PLAY, TXRH, ARCO, DIN, EAT, FDX, CMG, and YUM

Should you be buying Darden Restaurants stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darden Restaurants include BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Brinker International (EAT), FedEx (FDX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), and Yum! Brands (YUM).

Darden Restaurants vs. Its Competitors

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

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darden Restaurants has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 14 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 13 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat BJ's Restaurants' score of 0.93 indicating that Darden Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BJ's Restaurants
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Darden Restaurants
20 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

99.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Darden 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.

Darden Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than BJ's Restaurants. Darden Restaurants 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BJ's Restaurants$1.38B0.52$16.69M$1.1927.14
Darden Restaurants$12.08B1.82$1.05B$9.3320.24

BJ's Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Darden Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. BJ's Restaurants pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Darden Restaurants pays out 64.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Darden Restaurants has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Darden Restaurants is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Darden Restaurants has a net margin of 8.90% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.99%. Darden Restaurants' return on equity of 52.35% beat BJ's Restaurants' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BJ's Restaurants1.99% 11.73% 4.27%
Darden Restaurants 8.90%52.35%9.15%

BJ's Restaurants presently has a consensus price target of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 22.81%. Darden Restaurants has a consensus price target of $225.59, suggesting a potential upside of 19.46%. Given BJ's Restaurants' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BJ's Restaurants is more favorable than Darden Restaurants.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BJ's Restaurants
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Darden Restaurants
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.66

Summary

Darden Restaurants beats BJ's Restaurants on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DRI vs. The Competition

MetricDarden RestaurantsRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$21.98B$10.97B$27.01B$21.91B
Dividend Yield3.24%3.33%172.53%3.64%
P/E Ratio20.2532.6119.7530.11
Price / Sales1.821.899.1866.87
Price / Cash13.1514.7058.9223.91
Price / Book9.874.475.144.71
Net Income$1.05B$405.78M$911.72M$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.45%2.20%0.07%-0.40%
1 Month Performance-11.01%-2.12%-0.26%1.47%
1 Year Performance17.93%-10.48%12.98%15.07%

Darden Restaurants Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.8286 of 5 stars
$188.85
+1.0%
$225.59
+19.5%
+19.1%$21.98B$12.08B20.25197,924Positive News
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
4.6848 of 5 stars
$31.20
-1.0%
$39.67
+27.1%
-3.8%$690.27M$1.38B26.2221,000Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
4.2745 of 5 stars
$54.37
-2.0%
$61.94
+13.9%
+39.1%$2.71B$3.58B16.7347,900Analyst Forecast
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
4.1127 of 5 stars
$18.03
-4.2%
$31.33
+73.8%
-44.7%$625.10M$2.13B53.0323,420
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
4.2317 of 5 stars
$167.11
+0.4%
$196.10
+17.3%
-3.5%$11.10B$5.67B25.5195,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.8007 of 5 stars
$6.73
+1.4%
$8.80
+30.8%
-29.9%$1.42B$4.50B10.6898,615
DIN
Dine Brands Global
2.2337 of 5 stars
$27.89
-0.6%
$26.00
-6.8%
-8.5%$428.92M$845.37M9.303,520
EAT
Brinker International
4.5062 of 5 stars
$126.53
0.0%
$171.65
+35.7%
+50.4%$5.63B$5.38B15.2383,840News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
FDX
FedEx
4.7277 of 5 stars
$247.23
+1.1%
$271.67
+9.9%
-12.3%$58.34B$87.93B14.43440,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.6035 of 5 stars
$41.69
-0.2%
$59.41
+42.5%
-29.0%$55.90B$11.31B37.22130,504Trending News
Analyst Forecast
YUM
Yum! Brands
4.6203 of 5 stars
$148.79
-1.3%
$161.32
+8.4%
+6.9%$41.30B$7.55B29.3540,000

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This page (NYSE:DRI) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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