CAKE vs. PLAY, ARCO, WEN, EAT, BLMN, PZZA, JACK, CBRL, BJRI, and DIN
Should you be buying Cheesecake Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheesecake Factory include Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Wendy's (WEN), Brinker International (EAT), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), and Dine Brands Global (DIN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
Cheesecake Factory received 9 more outperform votes than Dave & Buster's Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Dave & Buster's Entertainment an outperform vote while only 52.12% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.
Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cheesecake Factory. Dave & Buster's Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cheesecake Factory, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a net margin of 5.76% compared to Cheesecake Factory's net margin of 3.07%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity of 53.96% beat Cheesecake Factory's return on equity.
Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus price target of $39.58, indicating a potential upside of 6.26%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a consensus price target of $69.21, indicating a potential upside of 44.62%. Given Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.
In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 12 more articles in the media than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 9 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.52 indicating that Dave & Buster's Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Dave & Buster's Entertainment beats Cheesecake Factory on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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