Brinker International (EAT) Competitors

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) and Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Which has better valuation and earnings, DRI or EAT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Darden Restaurants	$11.76B	2.08	$1.03B	$8.87	23.54
Brinker International	$4.83B	1.42	$155.30M	$5.77	26.82

Does the media prefer DRI or EAT?

In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 104 more articles in the media than Brinker International. MarketBeat recorded 121 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 17 mentions for Brinker International. Brinker International's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Darden Restaurants' score of 0.72 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Darden Restaurants	44 Very Positive mention(s)	14 Positive mention(s)	36 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brinker International	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer DRI or EAT?

Darden Restaurants presently has a consensus price target of $202.08, indicating a potential downside of 3.24%. Brinker International has a consensus price target of $140.18, indicating a potential downside of 9.43%. Given Darden Restaurants' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Darden Restaurants is more favorable than Brinker International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Darden Restaurants	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Brinker International	0 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DRI or EAT?

Darden Restaurants received 469 more outperform votes than Brinker International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.46% of users gave Darden Restaurants an outperform vote while only 57.84% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Darden Restaurants	Outperform Votes 1181 66.46%	Underperform Votes 596 33.54%
Brinker International	Outperform Votes 712 57.84%	Underperform Votes 519 42.16%

Is DRI or EAT a better dividend stock?

Darden Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Brinker International pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Darden Restaurants pays out 63.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brinker International pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is DRI or EAT more profitable?

Darden Restaurants has a net margin of 9.01% compared to Brinker International's net margin of 5.45%. Brinker International's return on equity of 879.47% beat Darden Restaurants' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Darden Restaurants	9.01%	50.12%	9.30%
Brinker International	5.45%	879.47%	11.82%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DRI or EAT?

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, DRI or EAT?

Darden Restaurants has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brinker International has a beta of 2.56, indicating that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Darden Restaurants beats Brinker International on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.