CBRL vs. JACK, BJRI, PZZA, DIN, CAKE, TAST, CHUY, BH, BLMN, and DENN
Should you be buying Cracker Barrel Old Country Store stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store include Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Papa John's International (PZZA), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), Biglari (BH), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), and Denny's (DENN). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) and Jack in the Box (NASDAQ:JACK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Jack in the Box had 3 more articles in the media than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Jack in the Box and 34 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Jack in the Box's average media sentiment score of -0.09 beat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's score of -0.17 indicating that Jack in the Box is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jack in the Box has a net margin of 7.07% compared to Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's net margin of 2.43%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's return on equity of 23.13% beat Jack in the Box's return on equity.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Jack in the Box pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jack in the Box pays out 31.0% 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.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store currently has a consensus target price of $69.57, indicating a potential upside of 42.04%. Jack in the Box has a consensus target price of $78.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.59%. Given Jack in the Box's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Jack in the Box is more favorable than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.
Jack in the Box received 339 more outperform votes than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.24% of users gave Jack in the Box an outperform vote while only 49.93% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.
Jack in the Box has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Jack in the Box is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jack in the Box has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
96.0% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Jack in the Box shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Jack in the Box shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Jack in the Box beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CBRL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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