JACK vs. CBRL, BJRI, DIN, TAST, CHUY, BH, DENN, PZZA, NATH, and CAKE Should you be buying Jack in the Box stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jack in the Box include Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), Biglari (BH), Denny's (DENN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Nathan's Famous (NATH), and Cheesecake Factory (CAKE). 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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
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.
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.
96.0% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Jack in the Box shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Jack in the Box shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Jack in the Box has a net margin of 7.07% compared to Jack in the Box's net margin of 2.43%. Jack in the Box's return on equity of 23.13% beat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store'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 price target of $69.57, suggesting a potential upside of 42.04%. Jack in the Box has a consensus price target of $78.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.59%. Given Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jack in the Box is more favorable than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.
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. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's average media sentiment score of -0.09 beat Jack in the Box'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 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.
Summary Jack in the Box beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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