BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) Competitors

BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) and Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BJRI or WEN?

Wendy's received 225 more outperform votes than BJ's Restaurants when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.15% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 54.53% of users gave BJ's Restaurants an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BJ's Restaurants	Outperform Votes 512 54.53%	Underperform Votes 427 45.47%
Wendy's	Outperform Votes 737 63.15%	Underperform Votes 430 36.85%

Is BJRI or WEN more profitable?

Wendy's has a net margin of 8.65% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 2.24%. Wendy's' return on equity of 75.56% beat BJ's Restaurants' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BJ's Restaurants	2.24%	7.98%	2.86%
Wendy's	8.65%	75.56%	4.03%

Do analysts recommend BJRI or WEN?

BJ's Restaurants currently has a consensus target price of $40.40, suggesting a potential upside of 6.06%. Wendy's has a consensus target price of $18.81, suggesting a potential upside of 23.66%. Given Wendy's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wendy's is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BJ's Restaurants	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Wendy's	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.32

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BJRI or WEN?

100.0% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Wendy's shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Wendy's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, BJRI or WEN?

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wendy's has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BJRI or WEN?

Wendy's has higher revenue and earnings than BJ's Restaurants. Wendy's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ's Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BJ's Restaurants	$1.33B	0.65	$19.66M	$1.25	30.47
Wendy's	$2.25B	1.38	$194.36M	$0.95	16.01

Does the media favor BJRI or WEN?

In the previous week, Wendy's had 20 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Wendy's and 23 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Wendy's' score of 0.22 indicating that BJ's Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BJ's Restaurants	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wendy's	6 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	21 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Wendy's beats BJ's Restaurants on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.