BLMN vs. PLAY, ARCO, WEN, EAT, CAKE, PZZA, JACK, CBRL, BJRI, and DIN
Should you be buying Bloomin' Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloomin' Brands include Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Wendy's (WEN), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Papa John's International (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), and Dine Brands Global (DIN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) and Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Bloomin' Brands received 49 more outperform votes than Dave & Buster's Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Dave & Buster's Entertainment an outperform vote while only 62.56% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $69.21, suggesting a potential upside of 41.63%. Bloomin' Brands has a consensus target price of $27.30, suggesting a potential upside of 29.88%. Given Bloomin' Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Bloomin' Brands.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a net margin of 5.76% compared to Dave & Buster's Entertainment's net margin of 1.56%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity of 65.73% beat Bloomin' Brands' return on equity.
In the previous week, Bloomin' Brands had 6 more articles in the media than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Bloomin' Brands and 8 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Dave & Buster's Entertainment's score of 0.68 indicating that Dave & Buster's Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Dave & Buster's Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomin' Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment pays out 22.8% 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. Bloomin' Brands has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Bloomin' Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
91.4% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Bloomin' Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Dave & Buster's Entertainment beats Bloomin' Brands on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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