Investors looking for stocks in the Retail - Restaurants sector might want to consider either BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) or Texas Roadhouse (TXRH). But which of these two stocks is more attractive to value investors? We'll need to take a closer look to find out.
Everyone has their own methods for finding great value opportunities, but our model includes pairing an impressive grade in the Value category of our Style Scores system with a strong Zacks Rank. The proven Zacks Rank emphasizes companies with positive estimate revision trends, and our Style Scores highlight stocks with specific traits.
Right now, BJ's Restaurants is sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy), while Texas Roadhouse has a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold). This system places an emphasis on companies that have seen positive earnings estimate revisions, so investors should feel comfortable knowing that BJRI is likely seeing its earnings outlook improve to a greater extent. But this is just one factor that value investors are interested in.
Value investors also try to analyze a wide range of traditional figures and metrics to help determine whether a company is undervalued at its current share price levels.
Our Value category highlights undervalued companies by looking at a variety of key metrics, including the popular P/E ratio, as well as the P/S ratio, earnings yield, cash flow per share, and a variety of other fundamentals that have been used by value investors for years.
BJRI currently has a forward P/E ratio of 27.50, while TXRH has a forward P/E of 30.03. We also note that BJRI has a PEG ratio of 1.96. This popular figure is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also considers a company's expected EPS growth rate. TXRH currently has a PEG ratio of 1.97.
Another notable valuation metric for BJRI is its P/B ratio of 3.49. The P/B ratio pits a stock's market value against its book value, which is defined as total assets minus total liabilities. For comparison, TXRH has a P/B of 8.27.
Based on these metrics and many more, BJRI holds a Value grade of B, while TXRH has a Value grade of D.
BJRI sticks out from TXRH in both our Zacks Rank and Style Scores models, so value investors will likely feel that BJRI is the better option right now.
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