Domino’s Pizza (NASDAQ:DPZ) & Granite City Food & Brewery (OTCMKTS:GCFB) Head-To-Head Contrast

Domino’s Pizza (NASDAQ:DPZ) and Granite City Food & Brewery (OTCMKTS:GCFB) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Domino’s Pizza and Granite City Food & Brewery, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Domino’s Pizza	2	13	11	2	2.46
Granite City Food & Brewery	0	0	0	0	0.00

Domino’s Pizza presently has a consensus price target of $482.04, indicating a potential upside of 17.14%. Given Domino’s Pizza’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Domino’s Pizza is more favorable than Granite City Food & Brewery.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.6% of Domino’s Pizza shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Domino’s Pizza shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Granite City Food & Brewery shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Domino’s Pizza has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite City Food & Brewery has a beta of -0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 162% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Domino’s Pizza and Granite City Food & Brewery”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Domino’s Pizza	$4.71 billion	2.95	$584.17 million	$17.11	24.05
Granite City Food & Brewery	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Domino’s Pizza has higher revenue and earnings than Granite City Food & Brewery.

Profitability

This table compares Domino’s Pizza and Granite City Food & Brewery’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Domino’s Pizza	12.16%	-14.91%	33.28%
Granite City Food & Brewery	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Domino’s Pizza beats Granite City Food & Brewery on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Domino’s Pizza

Domino’s Pizza, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a pizza company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: U.S. Stores, International Franchise, and Supply Chain. It offers pizzas under the Domino’s brand name through company-owned and franchised stores. It also provides oven-baked sandwiches, pastas, boneless chicken and chicken wings, breads and dips, desserts, and soft drink products, as well as loaded tots and pepperoni stuffed cheesy breads. Domino’s Pizza, Inc. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

About Granite City Food & Brewery

Granite City Food & Brewery, Ltd. operates casual dining restaurants in the United States. The company's upscale casual dining restaurants include the Granite City Food & Brewery restaurant that offers various menu items and handcrafted beers, as well as other regional craft beers; and the Cadillac Ranch All American Bar & Grill restaurant that offers American cuisine, including homemade meatloaf and pasta dishes. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.