NATH vs. PZZA, CBRL, BJRI, BLMN, JACK, BH, RICK, DIN, DENN, and RRGB
Should you be buying Nathan's Famous stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nathan's Famous include Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Jack in the Box (JACK), Biglari (BH), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Denny's (DENN), and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Nathan's Famous vs.
Papa Johns International (NASDAQ:PZZA) and Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
66.5% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Papa Johns International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.7% of Nathan's Famous shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Papa Johns International had 4 more articles in the media than Nathan's Famous. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Papa Johns International and 5 mentions for Nathan's Famous. Papa Johns International's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Nathan's Famous' score of 0.66 indicating that Papa Johns International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Nathan's Famous pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Papa Johns International pays out 73.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nathan's Famous pays out 34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Papa Johns International has higher revenue and earnings than Nathan's Famous. Papa Johns International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nathan's Famous, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nathan's Famous has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Papa Johns International presently has a consensus price target of $55.08, indicating a potential upside of 80.90%. Given Papa Johns International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Papa Johns International is more favorable than Nathan's Famous.
Nathan's Famous has a net margin of 16.19% compared to Papa Johns International's net margin of 4.51%. Papa Johns International's return on equity of -19.61% beat Nathan's Famous' return on equity.
Papa Johns International received 355 more outperform votes than Nathan's Famous when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.83% of users gave Nathan's Famous an outperform vote while only 61.66% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.
Summary
Papa Johns International beats Nathan's Famous on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NATH) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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