BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (BJRI) vs Wingstop Inc. (WING)

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. and Wingstop Inc. are both Restaurants companies. Wingstop Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.7B against $1.3B — 2.0× the size. Wingstop Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 23.4× against 31.0×. Wingstop Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.61% against 3.54%. Wingstop Inc. has the higher net margin (16.2% vs 2.86%) and the higher return on invested capital (44.2% vs 5.74%). Across the 21 metrics below, Wingstop Inc. leads on 15 and BJ's Restaurants, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BJRI WING Restaurants median
P/E 30.99 23.42 22.14
P/S 0.88 3.74 0.91
P/B 3.18 n/m 2.01
Price to free cash flow 28.33 21.00 19.41
EV/EBITDA 10.46 16.29 11.48
EV/Sales 0.90 5.22 1.20
Earnings yield 3.23% 4.27% 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 3.53% 4.76% 3.92%

Profitability

Metric BJRI WING Restaurants median
Gross margin 74.54% 86.32% 38.77%
Operating margin 2.74% 27.87% 4.30%
Net margin 2.86% 16.15% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 3.12% 17.83% 3.12%
Return on equity 10.44% (15.96%) 3.07%
Return on assets 4.06% 17.04% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 5.74% 44.17% 3.14%

Growth

Metric BJRI WING Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.54% 7.61% 5.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 208.57% 67.84% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.44% 22.87% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 49.54% 0.00%

Health

Metric BJRI WING Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.11 (1.57) 0.10
Current ratio 0.29 2.97 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA 0.49 4.75 0.43

Dividend

Metric BJRI WING Restaurants median
Dividend yield — 0.28% 2.32%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.36 0.00

Size

Metric BJRI WING Restaurants median
Market cap 1.32b 2.67b 482.66m

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