SHAK vs. BROS, WEN, CNNE, PNST, SDOT, GRIL, SBUX, DKS, BBY, and EXPE
Should you be buying Shake Shack stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shake Shack include Dutch Bros (BROS), Wendy's (WEN), Cannae (CNNE), Pinstripes (PNST), Sadot Group (SDOT), Muscle Maker (GRIL), Starbucks (SBUX), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Best Buy (BBY), and Expedia Group (EXPE).
Dutch Bros (NYSE:BROS) and Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Dutch Bros presently has a consensus price target of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.76%. Shake Shack has a consensus price target of $98.35, indicating a potential upside of 2.58%. Given Shake Shack's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dutch Bros is more favorable than Shake Shack.
Shake Shack has higher revenue and earnings than Dutch Bros. Shake Shack is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dutch Bros, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shake Shack has a net margin of 2.08% compared to Shake Shack's net margin of 1.21%. Dutch Bros' return on equity of 4.86% beat Shake Shack's return on equity.
Dutch Bros has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shake Shack has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Shake Shack received 470 more outperform votes than Dutch Bros when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.78% of users gave Shake Shack an outperform vote while only 45.35% of users gave Dutch Bros an outperform vote.
85.5% of Dutch Bros shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Shake Shack shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.5% of Dutch Bros shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Shake Shack shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Dutch Bros had 15 more articles in the media than Shake Shack. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Dutch Bros and 7 mentions for Shake Shack. Dutch Bros' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Shake Shack's score of 0.08 indicating that Shake Shack is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Shake Shack beats Dutch Bros on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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