Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL) vs First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (FWRG)

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. and First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. are both Restaurants companies. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.5B against $762.8M — 2.0× the size. First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 40.4× against 48.2×. First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 19.3% against −4.74%. First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.35% vs 0.95%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.95% vs −1.00%). Across the 21 metrics below, First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. leads on 12 and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CBRL FWRG Restaurants median
P/E 48.23 40.40 24.26
P/S 0.46 0.57 0.92
P/B 3.22 1.18 2.01
Price to free cash flow 9.09 n/m 20.49
EV/EBITDA 15.81 9.07 11.76
EV/Sales 0.60 0.77 1.24
Earnings yield 2.07% 2.48% 2.07%
Free cash flow yield 11.01% (2.92%) 3.58%

Profitability

Metric CBRL FWRG Restaurants median
Gross margin 69.08% 20.63% 38.77%
Operating margin (0.38%) 2.14% 4.30%
Net margin 0.95% 1.35% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 5.11% (1.66%) 3.12%
Return on equity 6.74% 2.88% 3.72%
Return on assets 1.51% 1.02% 1.50%
Return on invested capital (1.00%) 1.95% 3.14%

Growth

Metric CBRL FWRG Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.74%) 19.27% 5.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (32.04%) 3.33% (7.75%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.30% 28.99% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (34.08%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CBRL FWRG Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.71 0.46 0.10
Current ratio 0.58 0.27 0.77
Net debt to EBITDA 2.39 2.53 0.43

Dividend

Metric CBRL FWRG Restaurants median
Dividend yield 1.81% — 1.97%
Payout ratio 0.89 — 0.42

Size

Metric CBRL FWRG Restaurants median
Market cap 1.51b 762.77m 493.91m

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