EAT vs. TXRH, WEN, CAKE, BLMN, PZZA, CBRL, JACK, BJRI, DIN, and TAST
Should you be buying Brinker International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brinker International include Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wendy's (WEN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), and Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) and Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ:TXRH) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
94.8% of Texas Roadhouse shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Brinker International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Texas Roadhouse shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brinker International received 126 more outperform votes than Texas Roadhouse when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.20% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote while only 53.56% of users gave Texas Roadhouse an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Texas Roadhouse had 2 more articles in the media than Brinker International. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Texas Roadhouse and 17 mentions for Brinker International. Brinker International's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Texas Roadhouse's score of 0.74 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brinker International has a beta of 2.42, meaning that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Roadhouse has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Brinker International currently has a consensus target price of $49.12, indicating a potential downside of 30.46%. Texas Roadhouse has a consensus target price of $157.32, indicating a potential downside of 8.89%. Given Texas Roadhouse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Texas Roadhouse is more favorable than Brinker International.
Texas Roadhouse has a net margin of 6.94% compared to Brinker International's net margin of 3.55%. Texas Roadhouse's return on equity of 28.85% beat Brinker International's return on equity.
Texas Roadhouse has higher revenue and earnings than Brinker International. Brinker International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Roadhouse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Texas Roadhouse beats Brinker International on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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