Biglari (BH) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BLMN or BH?

Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Biglari. Bloomin' Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Biglari, 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
Bloomin' Brands	$4.67B	0.24	$247.39M	-$0.11	-119.99
Biglari	$365.32M	1.31	$54.95M	$176.49	1.19

Is BLMN or BH more profitable?

Biglari has a net margin of 14.14% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of -0.12%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 62.18% beat Biglari's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloomin' Brands	-0.12%	62.18%	5.71%
Biglari	14.14%	16.03%	11.23%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BLMN or BH?

74.3% of Biglari shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Bloomin' Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 71.4% of Biglari shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend BLMN or BH?

Bloomin' Brands currently has a consensus target price of $19.70, indicating a potential upside of 49.24%. Given Bloomin' Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bloomin' Brands is more favorable than Biglari.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloomin' Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10
Biglari	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer BLMN or BH?

In the previous week, Bloomin' Brands had 22 more articles in the media than Biglari. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Bloomin' Brands and 5 mentions for Biglari. Biglari's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Bloomin' Brands' score of -0.05 indicating that Biglari is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bloomin' Brands	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Biglari	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BLMN or BH?

Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biglari has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BLMN or BH?

Bloomin' Brands received 323 more outperform votes than Biglari when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.16% of users gave Biglari an outperform vote while only 61.66% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bloomin' Brands	Outperform Votes 571 61.66%	Underperform Votes 355 38.34%
Biglari	Outperform Votes 248 62.16%	Underperform Votes 151 37.84%

Summary

Bloomin' Brands and Biglari tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.