BLMN vs. WEN, CAKE, PZZA, CBRL, BJRI, JACK, BH, RICK, NATH, and DIN
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), Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Jack in the Box (JACK), Biglari (BH), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Nathan's Famous (NATH), and Dine Brands Global (DIN). 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 companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Wendy's received 166 more outperform votes than Bloomin' Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.15% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 61.13% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote.
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.
Wendy's has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Wendy's had 32 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Wendy's and 11 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Wendy's' score of 0.22 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.0% of Wendy's shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Wendy's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Bloomin' Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Wendy's has a net margin of 8.65% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of -0.12%. Wendy's' return on equity of 75.56% beat Bloomin' Brands' return on equity.
Wendy's presently has a consensus target price of $18.81, suggesting a potential upside of 23.66%. Bloomin' Brands has a consensus target price of $16.30, suggesting a potential upside of 37.67%. Given Bloomin' Brands' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bloomin' Brands is more favorable than Wendy's.
Wendy's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. 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.
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 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
