EAT vs. DRI, DPZ, TXRH, WEN, CAKE, CBRL, PZZA, BLMN, BJRI, and JACK
Should you be buying Brinker International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brinker International include Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wendy's (WEN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa Johns International (PZZA), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), and Jack in the Box (JACK). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Brinker International vs.
Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) and Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Darden Restaurants has a net margin of 9.01% compared to Brinker International's net margin of 4.11%. Darden Restaurants' return on equity of 50.12% beat Brinker International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 11 more articles in the media than Brinker International. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 10 mentions for Brinker International. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Brinker International's score of 0.60 indicating that Darden Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Darden Restaurants presently has a consensus price target of $189.12, indicating a potential upside of 4.15%. Brinker International has a consensus price target of $108.29, indicating a potential downside of 24.89%. Given Darden Restaurants' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Darden Restaurants is more favorable than Brinker International.
Darden Restaurants received 460 more outperform votes than Brinker International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.48% of users gave Darden Restaurants an outperform vote while only 58.13% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote.
Darden Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than Brinker International. Darden Restaurants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brinker International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Brinker International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Darden Restaurants has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brinker International has a beta of 2.52, meaning that its stock price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Darden Restaurants beats Brinker International on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EAT) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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