Driven Brands (DRVN) Competitors

Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) and Graham (NYSE:GHC) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DRVN or GHC?

Graham received 88 more outperform votes than Driven Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.33% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Driven Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Driven Brands	Outperform Votes 51 59.30%	Underperform Votes 35 40.70%
Graham	Outperform Votes 139 62.33%	Underperform Votes 84 37.67%

Does the media refer more to DRVN or GHC?

In the previous week, Graham had 3 more articles in the media than Driven Brands. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Graham and 1 mentions for Driven Brands. Graham's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Driven Brands' score of 0.51 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Driven Brands	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Graham	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate DRVN or GHC?

Driven Brands presently has a consensus price target of $17.86, suggesting a potential upside of 11.23%. Given Driven Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than Graham.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Driven Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Graham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is DRVN or GHC more profitable?

Graham has a net margin of 4.86% compared to Driven Brands' net margin of 0.27%. Driven Brands' return on equity of 14.86% beat Graham's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Driven Brands	0.27%	14.86%	2.36%
Graham	4.86%	5.79%	3.21%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DRVN or GHC?

Graham has higher revenue and earnings than Driven Brands. Graham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Driven Brands, 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
Driven Brands	$2.33B	1.13	-$744.96M	$0.04	401.50
Graham	$4.71B	0.81	$205.29M	$51.07	17.19

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DRVN or GHC?

77.1% of Driven Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Driven Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Graham shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, DRVN or GHC?

Driven Brands has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Graham beats Driven Brands on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.