BLMN vs. PLAY, ARCO, WEN, EAT, CAKE, PZZA, JACK, CBRL, BJRI, and DIN
Should you be buying Bloomin' Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloomin' Brands include Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Wendy's (WEN), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Papa John's International (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), and Dine Brands Global (DIN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Bloomin' Brands had 5 more articles in the media than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Bloomin' Brands and 6 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Bloomin' Brands' score of 0.23 indicating that Dave & Buster's Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bloomin' Brands received 49 more outperform votes than Dave & Buster's Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Dave & Buster's Entertainment an outperform vote while only 62.56% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote.
91.5% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Bloomin' Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bloomin' Brands currently has a consensus target price of $27.30, indicating a potential upside of 25.23%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a consensus target price of $69.21, indicating a potential upside of 35.48%. Given Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Bloomin' Brands.
Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a net margin of 5.76% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of 1.56%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 65.73% beat Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity.
Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Dave & Buster's Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomin' Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dave & Buster's Entertainment beats Bloomin' Brands on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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