Comparing Bloomin’ Brands (BLMN) & Its Competitors

Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) is one of 382 publicly-traded companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Bloomin’ Brands to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Bloomin’ Brands and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bloomin’ Brands	$3.96 billion	$8.24 million	35.16
Bloomin’ Brands Competitors	$3.62 billion	$247.14 million	-138.40

Bloomin’ Brands has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its competitors. Bloomin’ Brands is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Bloomin’ Brands has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomin’ Brands’ competitors have a beta of 1.63, indicating that their average share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

48.6% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bloomin’ Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Bloomin’ Brands and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloomin’ Brands	0	11	0	0	2.00
Bloomin’ Brands Competitors	3792	17194	25469	901	2.50

Bloomin’ Brands presently has a consensus target price of $11.10, indicating a potential upside of 1.87%. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 58.03%. Given Bloomin’ Brands’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bloomin’ Brands has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Bloomin’ Brands and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloomin’ Brands	0.70%	28.95%	3.47%
Bloomin’ Brands Competitors	2.30%	-40.19%	2.09%

Summary

Bloomin’ Brands competitors beat Bloomin’ Brands on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Bloomin’ Brands

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. engages in the acquisition, operation, design, and development of restaurant concepts. It operates through the U.S. and International geographical segments. The U.S. segment operates in the USA and Puerto Rico. The International segment operates in Brazil, South Korea, Hong Kong, and China. Its brands include Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar. The company was founded by Chris Thomas Sullivan, Robert Danker Basham and John Timothy Gannon in March 1988 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.