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$182.40 +0.67 (+0.37%)
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EAT vs. DRI, DPZ, TXRH, CAKE, WEN, PZZA, CBRL, BJRI, BLMN, and BH

Should you be buying Brinker International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brinker International include Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Wendy's (WEN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), and Biglari (BH). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.

Brinker International vs. Its Competitors

Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) and Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Brinker International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Brinker International has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darden Restaurants has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Darden Restaurants has a net margin of 8.69% compared to Brinker International's net margin of 6.50%. Brinker International's return on equity of 333.03% beat Darden Restaurants' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brinker International6.50% 333.03% 14.37%
Darden Restaurants 8.69%51.81%9.23%

In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 11 more articles in the media than Brinker International. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 9 mentions for Brinker International. Brinker International's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Darden Restaurants' score of 0.98 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brinker International
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Darden Restaurants
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Brinker International presently has a consensus price target of $144.75, indicating a potential downside of 20.64%. Darden Restaurants has a consensus price target of $224.60, indicating a potential upside of 1.97%. Given Darden Restaurants' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Darden Restaurants is more favorable than Brinker International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brinker International
0 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24
Darden Restaurants
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

Darden Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than Brinker International. Darden Restaurants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brinker International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brinker International$4.42B1.84$155.30M$7.2525.16
Darden Restaurants$12.08B2.13$1.05B$8.8824.81

Summary

Darden Restaurants beats Brinker International on 10 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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EAT vs. The Competition

MetricBrinker InternationalRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.12B$11.87B$26.48B$20.68B
Dividend YieldN/A3.64%175.54%3.71%
P/E Ratio25.1640.0529.7728.10
Price / Sales1.842.174.6638.27
Price / Cash22.6918.2248.8322.53
Price / Book204.9411.595.934.58
Net Income$155.30M$400.87M$872.48M$986.06M
7 Day Performance1.46%4.97%3.97%2.79%
1 Month Performance7.80%8.06%4.43%5.46%
1 Year Performance157.74%8.43%21.35%15.06%

Brinker International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EAT
Brinker International
4.1 of 5 stars
$182.40
+0.4%
$144.75
-20.6%
+158.4%$8.12B$4.42B25.1668,852Positive News
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.7911 of 5 stars
$220.14
-2.5%
$219.27
-0.4%
+51.5%$25.76B$12.08B24.79191,105Insider Trade
DPZ
Domino's Pizza
3.4488 of 5 stars
$455.96
+1.9%
$487.17
+6.8%
-8.3%$15.61B$4.71B26.1410,700Positive News
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
3.7548 of 5 stars
$186.97
-3.1%
$191.71
+2.5%
+13.1%$12.41B$5.37B28.8695,000Analyst Forecast
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
4.1636 of 5 stars
$60.06
+0.1%
$54.00
-10.1%
+75.2%$2.98B$3.58B18.8547,900
WEN
Wendy's
4.9756 of 5 stars
$12.27
+2.1%
$16.34
+33.2%
-28.3%$2.36B$2.25B13.0514,500Analyst Revision
PZZA
Papa John's International
2.1868 of 5 stars
$48.87
-1.4%
$51.25
+4.9%
+9.4%$1.60B$2.06B20.8511,400
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
4.226 of 5 stars
$59.51
-0.2%
$53.86
-9.5%
+71.7%$1.32B$3.47B23.0377,600
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
2.6089 of 5 stars
$44.36
-3.5%
$37.20
-16.1%
+28.5%$981.77M$1.36B47.2221,000Analyst Upgrade
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
3.4123 of 5 stars
$8.97
-5.7%
$13.75
+53.4%
-46.6%$762.25M$3.95B-299.0781,000Positive News
BH
Biglari
1.3084 of 5 stars
$290.47
+2.8%
N/A+54.5%$662.27M$362.11M-1.322,535

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