DRI vs. BJRI, BLMN, CAKE, PLAY, TXRH, ARCO, DIN, EAT, FDX, and CMG
Should you be buying Darden Restaurants stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darden Restaurants include BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Brinker International (EAT), FedEx (FDX), and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG).
Darden Restaurants vs. Its Competitors
Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) and BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Darden Restaurants 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Darden Restaurants currently has a consensus target price of $224.60, suggesting a potential upside of 5.56%. BJ's Restaurants has a consensus target price of $37.20, suggesting a potential downside of 13.73%. Given Darden Restaurants' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Darden Restaurants is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.
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.
In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 8 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 4 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat BJ's Restaurants' score of 0.56 indicating that Darden Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Darden Restaurants has a net margin of 8.69% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.64%. Darden Restaurants' return on equity of 51.81% beat BJ's Restaurants' return on equity.
Darden Restaurants has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Darden Restaurants beats BJ's Restaurants on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:DRI) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
