Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to CBRL or WEN?

In the previous week, Wendy's had 2 more articles in the media than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Wendy's and 24 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Wendy's' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's score of 0.41 indicating that Wendy's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wendy's	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CBRL or WEN?

Wendy's has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$3.47B	0.31	$40.93M	$1.81	26.75
Wendy's	$2.21B	1.66	$204.44M	$0.95	18.93

Which has more volatility & risk, CBRL or WEN?

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wendy's has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CBRL or WEN a better dividend stock?

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 an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

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

96.0% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Wendy's shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Wendy's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CBRL or WEN?

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store currently has a consensus target price of $51.25, suggesting a potential upside of 5.87%. Wendy's has a consensus target price of $20.36, suggesting a potential upside of 13.21%. Given Wendy's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wendy's is more favorable than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89
Wendy's	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is CBRL or WEN more profitable?

Wendy's has a net margin of 8.76% compared to Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's net margin of 1.15%. Wendy's' return on equity of 70.02% beat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	1.15%	18.58%	3.80%
Wendy's	8.76%	70.02%	3.88%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CBRL or WEN?

Wendy's received 361 more outperform votes than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.53% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 48.63% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	Outperform Votes 374 48.63%	Underperform Votes 395 51.37%
Wendy's	Outperform Votes 735 63.53%	Underperform Votes 422 36.47%

Summary

Wendy's beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.