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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL) vs The Wendy's Company (WEN)

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. and The Wendy's Company are both Restaurants companies. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.5B against $1.3B — 1.2× the size. The Wendy's Company trades at the lower P/E: 10.2× against 48.2×. The Wendy's Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.98% against −4.74%. The Wendy's Company has the higher net margin (5.72% vs 0.95%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.98% vs −1.00%). Both pay a dividend; The Wendy's Company yields more (7.26% vs 1.81%). Across the 23 metrics below, The Wendy's Company leads on 17 and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CBRL WEN Restaurants median
P/E 48.23 10.23 24.26
P/S 0.46 0.58 0.92
P/B 3.22 10.67 2.01
Price to free cash flow 9.09 5.56 20.49
EV/EBITDA 15.81 9.01 11.76
EV/Sales 0.60 1.95 1.24
Earnings yield 2.07% 9.78% 2.07%
Free cash flow yield 11.01% 17.99% 3.58%

Profitability

Metric CBRL WEN Restaurants median
Gross margin 69.08% 58.83% 38.77%
Operating margin (0.38%) 13.63% 4.30%
Net margin 0.95% 5.72% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 5.11% 10.50% 3.12%
Return on equity 6.74% 108.04% 3.72%
Return on assets 1.51% 2.58% 1.50%
Return on invested capital (1.00%) 5.98% 3.14%

Growth

Metric CBRL WEN Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.74%) (0.98%) 5.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (32.04%) (10.53%) (7.75%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.30% 4.66% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (34.08%) 6.98% 0.00%

Health

Metric CBRL WEN Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.71 28.20 0.10
Current ratio 0.58 1.90 0.77
Net debt to EBITDA 2.39 5.96 0.43

Dividend

Metric CBRL WEN Restaurants median
Dividend yield 1.81% 7.26% 1.97%
Payout ratio 0.89 0.74 0.42

Size

Metric CBRL WEN Restaurants median
Market cap 1.51b 1.28b 493.91m

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