CBRL vs. WEN, CAKE, PZZA, BLMN, BJRI, JACK, BH, RICK, DIN, and NATH
Should you be buying Cracker Barrel Old Country Store stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store include Wendy's (WEN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Papa Johns International (PZZA), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), 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.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store vs.
Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Wendy's currently has a consensus target price of $19.71, indicating a potential upside of 38.60%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus target price of $57.63, indicating a potential downside of 3.48%. Given Wendy's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Wendy's is more favorable than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.
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.
In the previous week, Wendy's had 26 more articles in the media than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Wendy's and 6 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Wendy's' score of 0.11 indicating that Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Wendy's received 361 more outperform votes than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.36% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 48.26% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.
Wendy's has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wendy's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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.
Summary
Wendy's beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CBRL) was last updated on 1/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
