CBRL vs. JACK, BJRI, PZZA, DIN, CAKE, TAST, CHUY, BH, BLMN, and DENN
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 Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Papa John's International (PZZA), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), Biglari (BH), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), and Denny's (DENN). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Jack in the Box (NASDAQ:JACK) and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Jack in the Box had 2 more articles in the media than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Jack in the Box and 34 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's average media sentiment score of -0.07 beat Jack in the Box's score of -0.09 indicating that Jack in the Box is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jack in the Box pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Jack in the Box pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays out 138.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Jack in the Box received 339 more outperform votes than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.24% of users gave Jack in the Box an outperform vote while only 49.93% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.
Jack in the Box has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jack in the Box has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Jack in the Box 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.
Jack in the Box has a net margin of 7.07% compared to Jack in the Box's net margin of 2.43%. Jack in the Box's return on equity of 23.13% beat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's return on equity.
Jack in the Box currently has a consensus price target of $78.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.59%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus price target of $69.57, indicating a potential upside of 42.04%. Given Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Jack in the Box is more favorable than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.
99.8% of Jack in the Box shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Jack in the Box shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Jack in the Box beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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