Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) Competitors

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

Does the media favor WEN or CBRL?

In the previous week, Wendy's had 27 more articles in the media than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Wendy's and 11 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Wendy's' score of 0.10 indicating that Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wendy's	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WEN or CBRL more profitable?

Wendy's has a net margin of 8.65% compared to Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's net margin of 1.15%. Wendy's' return on equity of 75.56% beat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wendy's	8.65%	75.56%	4.03%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	1.15%	18.61%	3.79%

Is WEN or CBRL a better dividend stock?

Wendy's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts recommend WEN or CBRL?

Wendy's currently has a consensus target price of $18.73, suggesting a potential upside of 23.17%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus target price of $57.63, suggesting a potential upside of 22.61%. Given Wendy's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Wendy's is more favorable than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wendy's	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WEN or CBRL?

Wendy's received 363 more outperform votes than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.15% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 48.13% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wendy's	Outperform Votes 737 63.15%	Underperform Votes 430 36.85%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	Outperform Votes 374 48.13%	Underperform Votes 403 51.87%

Which has better earnings and valuation, WEN or CBRL?

Wendy's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Wendy's 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wendy's	$2.25B	1.38	$194.36M	$0.95	16.01
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$3.47B	0.30	$40.93M	$1.81	25.97

Which has more volatility and risk, WEN or CBRL?

Wendy's has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

86.0% of Wendy's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of Wendy's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Wendy's beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.