EAT vs. BLMN, CAKE, PZZA, CBRL, JACK, BJRI, ARCO, PLAY, SG, and KRUS
Should you be buying Brinker International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brinker International include Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Papa John's International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Sweetgreen (SG), and Kura Sushi USA (KRUS). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) and Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Brinker International has a net margin of 3.55% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of 1.56%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 65.73% beat Brinker International's return on equity.
Brinker International currently has a consensus price target of $46.06, suggesting a potential downside of 26.37%. Bloomin' Brands has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.27%. Given Bloomin' Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bloomin' Brands is more favorable than Brinker International.
Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Brinker International. Brinker International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomin' Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brinker International received 128 more outperform votes than Bloomin' Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.62% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote.
Brinker International has a beta of 2.42, meaning that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brinker International had 15 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Brinker International and 6 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Brinker International's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Bloomin' Brands' score of 0.74 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brinker International pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Brinker International pays out 45.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bloomin' Brands pays out 150.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Brinker International beats Bloomin' Brands on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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