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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts prefer WEN or CBRL?

Wendy's currently has a consensus price target of $18.08, suggesting a potential upside of 20.48%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus price target of $57.13, suggesting a potential upside of 38.25%. Given Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is more favorable than Wendy's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wendy's	2 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to WEN or CBRL?

In the previous week, Wendy's had 18 more articles in the media than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Wendy's and 10 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Wendy's' score of 0.64 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 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%

Which has more volatility & risk, WEN or CBRL?

Wendy's has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WEN or CBRL?

Wendy's received 362 more outperform votes than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.72% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 47.89% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wendy's	Outperform Votes 737 62.72%	Underperform Votes 438 37.28%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	Outperform Votes 375 47.89%	Underperform Votes 408 52.11%

Which has stronger 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	1.34	$194.36M	$0.95	15.80
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$3.51B	0.26	$40.93M	$1.61	25.66

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 6.7%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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 62.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WEN or CBRL?

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

Summary

Wendy's beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.