Papa Johns International (PZZA) Competitors

Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) and Papa Johns International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, WEN or PZZA?

Wendy's has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WEN or PZZA?

Wendy's received 224 more outperform votes than Papa Johns International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.72% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 61.81% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wendy's	Outperform Votes 737 62.72%	Underperform Votes 438 37.28%
Papa Johns International	Outperform Votes 513 61.81%	Underperform Votes 317 38.19%

Is WEN or PZZA a better dividend stock?

Wendy's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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 73.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WEN or PZZA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wendy's	$2.25B	1.30	$194.36M	$0.95	15.32
Papa Johns International	$2.06B	0.64	$82.10M	$2.52	16.10

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WEN or PZZA?

86.0% of Wendy's shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Wendy's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Papa Johns International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WEN or PZZA more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wendy's	8.65%	75.56%	4.03%
Papa Johns International	4.51%	-19.61%	10.04%

Do analysts rate WEN or PZZA?

Wendy's currently has a consensus price target of $18.08, suggesting a potential upside of 24.28%. Papa Johns International has a consensus price target of $55.67, suggesting a potential upside of 37.18%. Given Papa Johns International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Papa Johns International is more favorable than Wendy's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wendy's	2 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
Papa Johns International	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Does the media refer more to WEN or PZZA?

In the previous week, Wendy's had 15 more articles in the media than Papa Johns International. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Wendy's and 11 mentions for Papa Johns International. Papa Johns International's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Wendy's' score of 0.51 indicating that Papa Johns International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wendy's	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Papa Johns International	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Wendy's beats Papa Johns International on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.