DNUT vs. PZZA, ARCO, JACK, DTEA, WEN, SHAK, DAR, FRPT, BROS, and POST
Should you be buying Krispy Kreme stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Krispy Kreme include Papa John's International (PZZA), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Jack in the Box (JACK), DAVIDsTEA (DTEA), Wendy's (WEN), Shake Shack (SHAK), Darling Ingredients (DAR), Freshpet (FRPT), Dutch Bros (BROS), and Post (POST).
Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) and Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Krispy Kreme presently has a consensus target price of $16.31, indicating a potential upside of 55.95%. Papa John's International has a consensus target price of $76.36, indicating a potential upside of 64.36%. Given Papa John's International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Krispy Kreme.
Papa John's International has higher revenue and earnings than Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kreme is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Papa John's International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Papa John's International has a net margin of 3.50% compared to Krispy Kreme's net margin of -2.70%. Krispy Kreme's return on equity of 1.40% beat Papa John's International's return on equity.
81.7% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Papa John's International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Papa John's International had 5 more articles in the media than Krispy Kreme. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Papa John's International and 6 mentions for Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kreme's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Papa John's International's score of 0.18 indicating that Krispy Kreme is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Papa John's International received 469 more outperform votes than Krispy Kreme when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.64% of users gave Papa John's International an outperform vote while only 37.14% of users gave Krispy Kreme an outperform vote.
Krispy Kreme has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa John's International has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Krispy Kreme pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Papa John's International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Krispy Kreme pays out -51.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa John's International pays out 81.8% 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
Papa John's International beats Krispy Kreme on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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