Papa Johns International (PZZA) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PZZA or WEN?

Wendy's received 224 more outperform votes than Papa Johns International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.67% of users gave Wendy's an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Papa Johns International	Outperform Votes 513 61.73%	Underperform Votes 318 38.27%
Wendy's	Outperform Votes 737 62.67%	Underperform Votes 439 37.33%

Is PZZA or WEN a better dividend stock?

Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Wendy's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Papa Johns International pays out 73.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PZZA or WEN?

86.0% of Wendy's shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Papa Johns International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Wendy's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PZZA or WEN 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
Papa Johns International	4.51%	-19.61%	10.04%
Wendy's	8.65%	75.56%	4.03%

Do analysts rate PZZA or WEN?

Papa Johns International presently has a consensus target price of $55.25, suggesting a potential upside of 78.17%. Wendy's has a consensus target price of $18.08, suggesting a potential upside of 36.79%. Given Papa Johns International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Papa Johns International is more favorable than Wendy's.

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PZZA or WEN?

Wendy's has higher revenue and earnings than Papa Johns International. Papa Johns International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wendy's, 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
Papa Johns International	$2.06B	0.49	$82.10M	$2.52	12.31
Wendy's	$2.25B	1.15	$194.36M	$0.95	13.92

Which has more volatility & risk, PZZA or WEN?

Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wendy's has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PZZA or WEN?

In the previous week, Wendy's had 22 more articles in the media than Papa Johns International. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Wendy's and 8 mentions for Papa Johns International. Papa Johns International's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Wendy's' score of 0.38 indicating that Papa Johns International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Papa Johns International	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wendy's	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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