Contrasting Jack In The Box (NASDAQ:JACK) & Southern Concepts Restaurant Group (OTCMKTS:RIBS)

Southern Concepts Restaurant Group (OTCMKTS:RIBS) and Jack In The Box (NASDAQ:JACK) are both consumer cyclical 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 Southern Concepts Restaurant Group and Jack In The Box, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Southern Concepts Restaurant Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jack In The Box	3	13	5	0	2.10

Jack In The Box has a consensus price target of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.32%. Given Jack In The Box’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jack In The Box is more favorable than Southern Concepts Restaurant Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Southern Concepts Restaurant Group and Jack In The Box”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Southern Concepts Restaurant Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.09)	N/A
Jack In The Box	$1.47 billion	0.25	-$80.72 million	($4.27)	-4.55

Southern Concepts Restaurant Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jack In The Box. Jack In The Box is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern Concepts Restaurant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Southern Concepts Restaurant Group and Jack In The Box’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Southern Concepts Restaurant Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Jack In The Box	-5.51%	-9.23%	3.23%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.6% of Southern Concepts Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Jack In The Box shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Jack In The Box shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Jack In The Box beats Southern Concepts Restaurant Group on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Southern Concepts Restaurant Group

Southern Concepts Restaurant Group, Inc. does not have significant business operations. Previously, it owned and managed restaurants in Colorado. The company was formerly known as Bourbon Brothers Holding Corporation and changed its name to Southern Concepts Restaurant Group, Inc. in March 2015. Southern Concepts Restaurant Group, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

About Jack In The Box

Jack in the Box Inc. operates and franchises Jack in the Box and Del Taco quick-service restaurants in the United States. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.