EAT vs. DPZ, TXRH, WEN, CAKE, PZZA, CBRL, BJRI, BLMN, BH, and JACK
Should you be buying Brinker International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brinker International include Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wendy's (WEN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Biglari (BH), and Jack in the Box (JACK). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Brinker International vs.
Domino's Pizza (NASDAQ:DPZ) and Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Domino's Pizza pays an annual dividend of $6.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Brinker International pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Domino's Pizza pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brinker International pays out 21.0% 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. Domino's Pizza has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Domino's Pizza is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Domino's Pizza received 236 more outperform votes than Brinker International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.20% of users gave Domino's Pizza an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote.
Domino's Pizza currently has a consensus price target of $498.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.00%. Brinker International has a consensus price target of $141.14, suggesting a potential downside of 6.06%. Given Domino's Pizza's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Domino's Pizza is more favorable than Brinker International.
Domino's Pizza has a net margin of 12.26% compared to Brinker International's net margin of 5.45%. Brinker International's return on equity of 879.47% beat Domino's Pizza's return on equity.
Domino's Pizza has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brinker International. Brinker International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Domino's Pizza, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Brinker International had 7 more articles in the media than Domino's Pizza. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Brinker International and 21 mentions for Domino's Pizza. Domino's Pizza's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Brinker International's score of 1.10 indicating that Domino's Pizza is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Domino's Pizza has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brinker International has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
94.6% of Domino's Pizza shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Domino's Pizza shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Brinker International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Domino's Pizza beats Brinker International on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EAT) was last updated on 5/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
