BLMN vs. WEN, CAKE, CBRL, PZZA, BJRI, JACK, BH, RICK, DIN, and NATH
Should you be buying Bloomin' Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloomin' Brands include Wendy's (WEN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa Johns International (PZZA), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Jack in the Box (JACK), Biglari (BH), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Dine Brands Global (DIN), and Nathan's Famous (NATH). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Bloomin' Brands vs.
Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) and Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Wendy's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Wendy's pays out 105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bloomin' Brands pays out -872.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bloomin' Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
86.0% of Wendy's shares are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of Wendy's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Bloomin' Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Wendy's received 164 more outperform votes than Bloomin' Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.42% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 61.46% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Wendy's had 34 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Wendy's and 4 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Wendy's' score of 0.21 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wendy's presently has a consensus price target of $19.99, suggesting a potential upside of 36.89%. Bloomin' Brands has a consensus price target of $16.90, suggesting a potential upside of 49.69%. Given Bloomin' Brands' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bloomin' Brands is more favorable than Wendy's.
Wendy's has a net margin of 8.76% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of -0.12%. Wendy's' return on equity of 70.02% beat Bloomin' Brands' return on equity.
Wendy's has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Wendy's. Bloomin' Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wendy's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Wendy's beats Bloomin' Brands on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BLMN) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
