BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) Competitors

BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) and Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.

Do analysts rate BJRI or CAKE?

BJ's Restaurants currently has a consensus target price of $40.40, indicating a potential upside of 13.52%. Cheesecake Factory has a consensus target price of $52.81, indicating a potential upside of 3.96%. Given BJ's Restaurants' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe BJ's Restaurants is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BJ's Restaurants	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cheesecake Factory	4 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24

Is BJRI or CAKE more profitable?

Cheesecake Factory has a net margin of 4.38% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.23%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 45.89% beat BJ's Restaurants' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BJ's Restaurants	1.23%	8.76%	3.17%
Cheesecake Factory	4.38%	45.89%	5.85%

Which has more volatility and risk, BJRI or CAKE?

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BJRI or CAKE?

Cheesecake Factory received 38 more outperform votes than BJ's Restaurants when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.53% of users gave BJ's Restaurants an outperform vote while only 52.08% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BJ's Restaurants	Outperform Votes 512 54.53%	Underperform Votes 427 45.47%
Cheesecake Factory	Outperform Votes 550 52.08%	Underperform Votes 506 47.92%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BJRI or CAKE?

99.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, BJRI or CAKE?

Cheesecake Factory has higher revenue and earnings than BJ's Restaurants. Cheesecake Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ's Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BJ's Restaurants	$1.36B	0.60	$16.69M	$0.68	52.34
Cheesecake Factory	$3.58B	0.73	$101.35M	$3.20	15.88

Does the media prefer BJRI or CAKE?

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 21 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 13 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.28 indicating that BJ's Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BJ's Restaurants	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cheesecake Factory	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BJRI or CAKE a better dividend stock?

BJ's Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. BJ's Restaurants pays out 76.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cheesecake Factory pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheesecake Factory is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Cheesecake Factory beats BJ's Restaurants on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.