BLMN vs. CAKE, PZZA, CBRL, BJRI, JACK, BH, RICK, NATH, DIN, and DENN
Should you be buying Bloomin' Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloomin' Brands include Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Jack in the Box (JACK), Biglari (BH), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Dine Brands Global (DIN), and Denny's (DENN). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Bloomin' Brands vs.
Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Cheesecake Factory. Bloomin' Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cheesecake Factory, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Bloomin' Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cheesecake Factory has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of -0.12%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 62.18% beat Cheesecake Factory's return on equity.
Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus price target of $52.81, indicating a potential upside of 3.16%. Bloomin' Brands has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 78.02%. Given Bloomin' Brands' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bloomin' Brands is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.
In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 18 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 13 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.28 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Cheesecake Factory pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bloomin' Brands pays out -40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bloomin' Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bloomin' Brands received 21 more outperform votes than Cheesecake Factory when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.68% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote while only 52.08% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.
Summary
Cheesecake Factory and Bloomin' Brands tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BLMN) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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