Yatra Online (NASDAQ:YTRA – Get Free Report) and BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
51.0% of Yatra Online shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of BJ’s Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Yatra Online shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of BJ’s Restaurants shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Yatra Online and BJ’s Restaurants’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Yatra Online | -1.88% | -2.32% | -1.41% |
| BJ’s Restaurants | 2.86% | 12.93% | 4.79% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Yatra Online and BJ’s Restaurants, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Yatra Online | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| BJ’s Restaurants | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2.27 |
BJ’s Restaurants has a consensus target price of $56.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.63%. Given BJ’s Restaurants’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BJ’s Restaurants is more favorable than Yatra Online.
Volatility & Risk
Yatra Online has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ’s Restaurants has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Yatra Online and BJ’s Restaurants”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Yatra Online | $107.36 million | 0.54 | -$2.48 million | ($0.04) | -22.75 |
| BJ’s Restaurants | $1.43 billion | 0.90 | $48.81 million | $1.87 | 32.36 |
BJ’s Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than Yatra Online. Yatra Online is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ’s Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BJ’s Restaurants beats Yatra Online on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Yatra Online
Yatra Online, Inc. operates as an online travel company in India and internationally. It operates in Air Ticketing, and Hotels and Packages, and Other Services segments. The company provides travel-related services, including domestic and international air ticketing, hotel bookings, homestays, holiday packages, bus ticketing, rail ticketing, cab bookings, and ancillary services for leisure and business travelers. It also offers various services, including exploring and searching comprises web and mobile platforms that enable customers to explore and search flights, hotels, holiday packages, buses, trains, and activities through its website, www.yatra.com. In addition, the company provides its services through mobile applications that comprise Yatra, a mobile interface; Yatra Web Check-In, an application for flight check-in process for travelers; and Yatra Corporate, a self-booking application for business customers. Further, it offers tours, sightseeing, shows, and event services; rail and cab services, and other ancillary travel services; and sells travel vouchers and coupons. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Gurugram, India.
About BJ’s Restaurants
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates casual dining restaurants in the United States. Its restaurants offer pizzas, craft and other beers, appetizers, entrées, pastas, sandwiches, specialty salads, and desserts under brand name Pizookie. The company was formerly known as Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. and changed its name to BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. in August 2004. BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Huntington Beach, California.
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