Head to Head Contrast: Dutch Bros (BROS) and Its Peers

Dutch Bros (NYSE:BROS) is one of 382 public companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Dutch Bros to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Dutch Bros and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dutch Bros	0	4	20	1	2.88
Dutch Bros Competitors	3797	17233	25522	901	2.50

Dutch Bros presently has a consensus target price of $63.75, indicating a potential upside of 45.22%. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 56.14%. Given Dutch Bros’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dutch Bros has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Dutch Bros has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dutch Bros’ competitors have a beta of 1.44, indicating that their average stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Dutch Bros and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dutch Bros	$1.64 billion	$79.84 million	60.97
Dutch Bros Competitors	$3.43 billion	$250.20 million	-161.30

Dutch Bros’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Dutch Bros. Dutch Bros 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.

Profitability

This table compares Dutch Bros and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dutch Bros	4.91%	10.01%	2.95%
Dutch Bros Competitors	2.41%	-40.04%	2.14%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

85.5% of Dutch Bros shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by institutional investors. 38.9% of Dutch Bros shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Dutch Bros beats its competitors on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Dutch Bros

Dutch Bros Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates and franchises drive-thru shops in the United States. The company operates through Company-Operated Shops and Franchising and Other segments. It serves through company-operated shops and online channels under Dutch Bros; Dutch Bros Coffee; Dutch Bros Rebel; Dutch Bros; and Blue Rebel brands. Dutch Bros Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Grants Pass, Oregon.