TUI (OTCMKTS:TUIFF) vs. Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) Financial Survey

Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) and TUI (OTCMKTS:TUIFF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Bloomin’ Brands and TUI, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloomin’ Brands	2	8	0	1	2.00
TUI	0	1	1	0	2.50

Bloomin’ Brands currently has a consensus price target of $9.75, indicating a potential downside of 7.84%. Given Bloomin’ Brands’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bloomin’ Brands is more favorable than TUI.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bloomin’ Brands and TUI”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bloomin’ Brands	$3.98 billion	0.23	$8.24 million	$0.31	34.13
TUI	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.31	26.38

Bloomin’ Brands has higher revenue and earnings than TUI. TUI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomin’ Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

13.6% of TUI shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bloomin’ Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Bloomin’ Brands and TUI’s 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%
TUI	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Bloomin’ Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. TUI pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Bloomin’ Brands pays out 193.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TUI pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Bloomin’ Brands beats TUI on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About TUI

TUI AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides tourism services worldwide. It operates hotels and resorts under the Royalton, Mora, RIU Hotels & Resorts, Robinson, TUI Blue, TUI Magic Life, Atlantica Hotels & Resorts, Grupotel, Iberotel, Akra Hotels, TUI Suneo, and AQI brands. The company is also involved in the tour operation and airlines businesses. In addition, it operates cruise ships under the Hapag-Lloyd Cruises and Marella brands. The company operates travel agencies and online portals; aircraft; and cruise ships. The company was formerly known as Preussag AG and changed its name to TUI AG in June 2002. TUI AG was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Hanover, Germany.