Compare Stocks: CBRL, WEN, CAKE, and PZZA

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$108.37 -3.6%	$107.73	$43.07 ▼ $118.63	$5.60B	1.04	1.20 million shs	1.80 million shs
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$67.66 +0.5%	$55.50	$24.85 ▼ $70.28	$1.50B	1.21	979,020 shs	697,189 shs
PZZA Papa John's International	$18.10 -3.0%	$20.98	$17.69 ▼ $55.74	$614.32M	1.13	1.39 million shs	1.75 million shs
WEN Wendy's	$6.22 -5.3%	$7.25	$5.94 ▼ $10.12	$1.25B	0.4	5.36 million shs	4.92 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	-3.62%	-5.70%	+3.79%	+27.92%	+91.23%
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	+0.52%	-1.90%	+42.38%	+25.97%	+83.41%
PZZA Papa John's International	-3.00%	-6.65%	-10.17%	-40.40%	-65.77%
WEN Wendy's	-5.33%	-7.16%	-7.58%	-11.02%	-32.54%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$108.37 -3.6%	$107.73	$43.07 ▼ $118.63	$5.60B	1.04	1.20 million shs	1.80 million shs
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$67.66 +0.5%	$55.50	$24.85 ▼ $70.28	$1.50B	1.21	979,020 shs	697,189 shs
PZZA Papa John's International	$18.10 -3.0%	$20.98	$17.69 ▼ $55.74	$614.32M	1.13	1.39 million shs	1.75 million shs
WEN Wendy's	$6.22 -5.3%	$7.25	$5.94 ▼ $10.12	$1.25B	0.4	5.36 million shs	4.92 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	-3.62%	-5.70%	+3.79%	+27.92%	+91.23%
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	+0.52%	-1.90%	+42.38%	+25.97%	+83.41%
PZZA Papa John's International	-3.00%	-6.65%	-10.17%	-40.40%	-65.77%
WEN Wendy's	-5.33%	-7.16%	-7.58%	-11.02%	-32.54%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	2.22	Hold	$95.13	-12.21% Downside
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	2.33	Hold	$50.86	-24.83% Downside
PZZA Papa John's International	1.78	Reduce	$31.29	72.85% Upside
WEN Wendy's	1.84	Reduce	$7.52	20.83% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PZZA, CAKE, WEN, and CBRL Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/23/2026	CAKE Cheesecake Factory	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Sell	$60.00 ➝ $80.00
10/23/2026	CAKE Cheesecake Factory	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$93.00 ➝ $110.00
10/23/2026	WEN Wendy's	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$8.25 ➝ $6.75
10/22/2026	CAKE Cheesecake Factory	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$105.00 ➝ $120.00
10/21/2026	CAKE Cheesecake Factory	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$105.00 ➝ $110.00
10/19/2026	PZZA Papa John's International	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
10/16/2026	CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Hold (C)
10/15/2026	WEN Wendy's	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Sell (D+)
10/15/2026	WEN Wendy's	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$8.00 ➝ $7.00
10/15/2026	PZZA Papa John's International	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$24.00 ➝ $19.00
10/15/2026	CAKE Cheesecake Factory	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$93.00 ➝ $100.00

(Data available from 10/24/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$3.75B	1.44	$5.65 per share	19.19	$8.76 per share	12.37
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$3.32B	0.46	$7.04 per share	9.61	$21.40 per share	3.16
PZZA Papa John's International	$2.05B	0.29	$4.12 per share	4.39	($13.23) per share	-1.37
WEN Wendy's	$2.20B	0.54	$1.70 per share	3.65	$0.62 per share	10.03

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$148.43M	$3.69	29.37	21.17	1.81	4.61%	43.97%	6.18%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$31.67M	$1.40	48.33	35.61	1.60	0.95%	4.01%	0.86%	12/8/2026 (Estimated)
PZZA Papa John's International	$30.53M	$0.79	12.96	15.34	2.05	1.34%	-10.98%	5.68%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
WEN Wendy's	$165.07M	$0.66	9.42	12.69	0.67	5.72%	115.31%	2.70%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)

Latest PZZA, CAKE, WEN, and CBRL Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/5/2026	Q3 2026	PZZA Papa John's International	$0.1672	N/A	N/A	N/A	$458.96 million	N/A
11/5/2026	Q3 2026	WEN Wendy's	$0.0968	N/A	N/A	N/A	$532.61 million	N/A
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$0.9560	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.00 billion	N/A
9/23/2026	Q4 2026	CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$0.1737	$0.99	+$0.8163	$0.54	$834.57 million	$849.34 million
8/7/2026	Q2 2026	WEN Wendy's	$0.1629	$0.18	+$0.0171	$0.17	$557.14 million	$570.57 million
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	PZZA Papa John's International	$0.4464	$0.46	+$0.0136	$0.24	$481.25 million	$482.40 million
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$1.18	$1.44	+$0.26	$1.41	$999.54 million	$1.03 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	$1.20	1.11%	+24.57%	32.52%	N/A
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$1.00	1.48%	-15.34%	71.43%	N/A
PZZA Papa John's International	N/A	N/A	+15.38%	N/A	4 Years
WEN Wendy's	$0.28	4.50%	+18.23%	42.42%	N/A

Latest PZZA, CAKE, WEN, and CBRL Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/18/2026	CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	quarterly	$0.25	1.45%	10/16/2026	10/16/2026	11/12/2026
8/7/2026	WEN Wendy's	quarterly	$0.07	3.39%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	1.08	0.59	0.52
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	0.71	0.58	0.24
PZZA Papa John's International	N/A	0.83	0.71
WEN Wendy's	27.95	1.90	1.88

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	94.48%
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	96.01%
PZZA Papa John's International	N/A
WEN Wendy's	85.96%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	8.00%
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	1.30%
PZZA Papa John's International	1.80%
WEN Wendy's	17.10%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	48,400	49.76 million	45.78 million	Optionable
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	74,500	22.35 million	22.06 million	Optionable
PZZA Papa John's International	9,400	32.92 million	32.33 million	Optionable
WEN Wendy's	14,900	190.67 million	158.07 million	Optionable

CBRL, WEN, CAKE, and PZZA Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

The Discontinued Wendy's Menu Item From The '90s We'd Love To See Return

October 23 at 5:22 PM | aol.comA

Can Wendy’s turn it around?

October 23 at 5:22 PM | restaurantbusinessonline.comR

Meritage Looks to Offload Wendy’s Restaurants While Its Franchisor Is Trying to Terminate the Relationship

October 23 at 5:22 PM | franchisetimes.comF

Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) Given New $6.75 Price Target at Citigroup

October 23 at 3:35 PM | marketbeat.com

3 more Wendy's locations close in Georgia. See where

October 23 at 12:21 PM | usatoday.com

Wendy’s Hopes to Win Back Customers by Serving Up the Past With Its ‘Iconic’ Dave’s Single Combo Meal for $7.99

October 23 at 12:21 PM | msn.com

A potential buyer emerges for some bankrupt Wendy’s restaurants

October 23 at 7:18 AM | nrn.comN

Wendy's Frosty Isn't Technically Real Ice Cream. So, What's It Made Of?

October 23 at 7:18 AM | msn.com

Meritage to sell 42 Wendy’s restaurants for $18.6M

October 23 at 7:18 AM | finance.yahoo.com

The Absolute Best Side Dish At Wendy's Isn't The Chili Or Baked Potato

October 23 at 7:18 AM | msn.com

Wendy's closed nearly 70 Florida locations in 2 years, here's where

October 22 at 8:11 AM | msn.com

Golden Corral, Wendy’s, and Yoshinoya

October 22 at 3:10 AM | nrn.comN

Wendy’s turns its attention to value

October 21 at 9:55 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Why are some Wendy's locations closing? What we know

October 21 at 9:55 PM | miamiherald.comM

Wendy's is closing 41 more locations due to franchise bankruptcy (is yours one?)

October 21 at 9:55 PM | msn.com

Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) Stock Price Down 4.7% - Should You Sell?

October 21 at 12:19 PM | marketbeat.com

Major Wendy’s Franchisee Significantly Cuts Footprint During Bankruptcy

October 20, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

A big Wendy’s franchisee could close up to 60 restaurants

October 20, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Wendy’s just announced more new changes, and fans aren’t happy

October 20, 2026 | msn.com

In 1969, Dave Thomas named his fast-food chain Wendy’s after his 8-year-old daughter; 33 years later, he left behind a multi-billion-dollar empire

October 20, 2026 | msn.com

Wendy's social feed hints at some changes

October 20, 2026 | restaurantbusinessonline.comR

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CBRL, WEN, CAKE, and PZZA Company Descriptions

Cheesecake Factory NASDAQ:CAKE

$108.37 -4.07 (-3.62%)

Closing price 10/23/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$107.36 -1.02 (-0.94%)

As of 10/23/2026 07:57 PM Eastern

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated operates and licenses restaurants in the United States and Canada. The company operates bakeries that produce cheesecakes and other baked products for its restaurants, international licensees, third-party bakery customers, external foodservice operators, retailers, and distributors. It operates restaurants under the brands comprising The Cheesecake Factory, North Italia, Flower Child, Fox Restaurant Concepts. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Calabasas, California.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store NASDAQ:CBRL

$67.66 +0.35 (+0.52%)

Closing price 10/23/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$66.67 -0.99 (-1.47%)

As of 10/23/2026 07:56 PM Eastern

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. develops and operates the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store concept in the United States. Its Cracker Barrel stores consist of restaurants with a gift shop. The company's restaurants serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, as well as dine-in, pick-up, and delivery services. Its gift shop offers various decorative and functional items, such as rocking chairs, seasonal gifts, apparel, toys, food, cookware, and various other gift items, as well as various candies, preserves, and other food items. The company was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Papa John's International NASDAQ:PZZA

$18.10 -0.56 (-3.00%)

Closing price 10/23/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$18.14 +0.04 (+0.22%)

As of 10/23/2026 07:58 PM Eastern

Papa John's International, Inc. engages in the operation and franchise of pizza delivery and carryout restaurants. It operates through the following segments: Domestic Company-owned Restaurants, North America Franchising, North America Commissaries, International Operations, and All Others. The Domestic Company-Owned Restaurants segment consists of retail sales of pizza and side items, breadsticks, cheese sticks, chicken poppers and wings, dessert items, and canned and bottled beverages. The North America Franchising segment involves the offering of sales and support activities, development rights, and collection of royalties from franchisees located in the United States and Canada. The North America Commissaries segment includes the eleven full-service regional dough production and distribution and quality control centers. The International Operations segment represents all restaurant operations outside of the United States and Canada. The All Others segment focuses on franchise contributions to marketing funds and sale, company-owned and franchised restaurants, information systems and related services used in restaurant operations, point-of-sale system, online and other technology-based ordering platforms, printing, and promotional items. The company was founded by John H. Schnatter in 1984 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

Wendy's NASDAQ:WEN

$6.22 -0.35 (-5.33%)

Closing price 10/23/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$6.20 -0.02 (-0.39%)

As of 10/23/2026 07:59 PM Eastern

The Wendy’s Co. engages in operating, developing, and franchising a system of quick-service restaurants. It operates through the following segments: Wendy’s U.S., Wendy’s International, and Global Real Estate and Development. The Wendy’s U.S. segment includes the operation and franchising of Wendy’s restaurants in the U.S. The Wendy’s International segment is involved in the operation and franchising of Wendy’s restaurants in countries and territories other than the U.S. The Global Real Estate and Development segment focuses on real estate activity for owned sites and sites leased from third parties. The company was founded by R. David Thomas on November 15, 1969 and is headquartered in Dublin, OH.

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