Darden Restaurants (DRI) 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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DRI or BJRI?

93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, DRI or BJRI?

Darden Restaurants has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer DRI or BJRI?

Darden Restaurants currently has a consensus price target of $225.19, indicating a potential upside of 7.52%. BJ's Restaurants has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.09%. Given Darden Restaurants' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Darden Restaurants is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Darden Restaurants	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
BJ's Restaurants	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Is DRI or BJRI more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Darden Restaurants	8.69%	51.81%	9.23%
BJ's Restaurants	1.64%	10.35%	3.75%

Does the media favor DRI or BJRI?

In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 15 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 5 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat BJ's Restaurants' score of 0.96 indicating that Darden Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Darden Restaurants	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BJ's Restaurants	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, DRI or BJRI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Darden Restaurants	$12.08B	2.03	$1.05B	$8.88	23.59
BJ's Restaurants	$1.36B	0.65	$16.69M	$0.94	42.60

Summary

Darden Restaurants beats BJ's Restaurants on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.