PZZA vs. WEN, CAKE, CBRL, BLMN, BJRI, JACK, BH, RICK, NATH, and DIN
Should you be buying Papa Johns International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Papa Johns International include Wendy's (WEN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Jack in the Box (JACK), Biglari (BH), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Nathan's Famous (NATH), and Dine Brands Global (DIN). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Papa Johns International vs.
Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) and Papa Johns International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Wendy's presently has a consensus target price of $18.81, indicating a potential upside of 23.66%. Papa Johns International has a consensus target price of $55.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.65%. Given Wendy's' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Wendy's is more favorable than Papa Johns International.
Wendy's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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. Papa Johns International pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Wendy's received 226 more outperform votes than Papa Johns International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.15% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 61.79% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.
Wendy's has higher revenue and earnings than Papa Johns International. Wendy's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Papa Johns International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.0% of Wendy's shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Wendy's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Papa Johns International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Wendy's had 40 more articles in the media than Papa Johns International. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Wendy's and 3 mentions for Papa Johns International. Wendy's' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Papa Johns International's score of 0.13 indicating that Wendy's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wendy's has a net margin of 8.65% compared to Papa Johns International's net margin of 4.51%. Wendy's' return on equity of 75.56% beat Papa Johns International's return on equity.
Wendy's has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Wendy's beats Papa Johns International on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PZZA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
