Financial Review: BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) and Minor International Public (OTCMKTS:MNILY)

Minor International Public (OTCMKTS:MNILY) and BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Minor International Public and BJ’s Restaurants, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Minor International Public	0	0	0	0	0.00
BJ’s Restaurants	2	5	3	1	2.27

BJ’s Restaurants has a consensus price target of $56.88, suggesting a potential downside of 15.47%. Given BJ’s Restaurants’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BJ’s Restaurants is more favorable than Minor International Public.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Minor International Public and BJ’s Restaurants”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Minor International Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BJ’s Restaurants	$1.40 billion	1.02	$48.81 million	$1.87	35.98

BJ’s Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than Minor International Public.

Profitability

This table compares Minor International Public and BJ’s Restaurants’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Minor International Public	N/A	N/A	N/A
BJ’s Restaurants	2.86%	12.93%	4.79%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

100.0% of BJ’s Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of BJ’s Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BJ’s Restaurants beats Minor International Public on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Minor International Public

Minor International Public Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a hospitality, restaurant, and lifestyle company in Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the United States, Maldives, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Hotel, Mixed use, Restaurant, and Retail. The company operates restaurants The Pizza Company, The Coffee Club, Riverside, Benihana, Thai Express, Bonchon, Swensen’s, Sizzler, Dairy Queen, Burger King, Coffee Journey, and GAGA brands. It also invested in, owned, and operated a portfolio of hotels and serviced suites under the Anantara, AVANI, Oaks, Tivoli, Elewana, NH Collection, NH, nhow, Marriott, Four Seasons, St. Regis, and Radisson Blu brands in countries across the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Europe, and the Americas. In addition, the company distributes fashion and lifestyle products under the Anello, BergHOFF, Bossini, Charles & Keith, Joseph Joseph, Zwilling J.A. Henckels, and Minor Smart Kids brands through points of sale. Further, it is involved in the shopping mall, food and beverage sale, spa, supply chain management, distribution, management, vacation club point sale, entertainment, franchise, airport lounge, and healthcare businesses; property investment, development, and sales activities; operation of shopping mall and school; and manufacture and sale of cheese and ice-cream. The company was formerly known as Royal Garden Resorts Plc. and changed its name to Minor International Public Company Limited in 2005. Minor International Public Company Limited was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.

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.