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Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) Competitors

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$48.37 -0.16 (-0.33%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:51 PM ET)

CAKE vs. EAT, WEN, PZZA, CBRL, BLMN, BJRI, JACK, BH, DIN, and RICK

Should you be buying Cheesecake Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheesecake Factory include Brinker International (EAT), Wendy's (WEN), Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Jack in the Box (JACK), Biglari (BH), Dine Brands Global (DIN), and RCI Hospitality (RICK). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.

Cheesecake Factory vs.

Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Brinker International received 162 more outperform votes than Cheesecake Factory when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.15% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote while only 52.21% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cheesecake FactoryOutperform Votes
544
52.21%
Underperform Votes
498
47.79%
Brinker InternationalOutperform Votes
706
58.15%
Underperform Votes
508
41.85%

94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Brinker International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Brinker International has a net margin of 4.11% compared to Cheesecake Factory's net margin of 3.63%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 43.90% beat Brinker International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cheesecake Factory3.63% 43.90% 5.43%
Brinker International 4.11%-839.19%8.62%

Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brinker International has a beta of 2.51, suggesting that its stock price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cheesecake Factory$3.54B0.70$101.35M$2.6318.39
Brinker International$4.54B1.31$155.30M$4.1032.75

Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Brinker International pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cheesecake Factory pays out 41.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brinker International pays out 37.1% 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.

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 14 more articles in the media than Brinker International. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 9 mentions for Brinker International. Brinker International's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.62 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cheesecake Factory
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brinker International
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cheesecake Factory presently has a consensus price target of $47.93, suggesting a potential downside of 0.91%. Brinker International has a consensus price target of $94.63, suggesting a potential downside of 29.52%. Given Cheesecake Factory's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cheesecake Factory is more favorable than Brinker International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cheesecake Factory
3 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Brinker International
0 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21

Summary

Brinker International beats Cheesecake Factory on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CAKE vs. The Competition

MetricCheesecake FactoryEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.47B$9.46B$24.60B$9.08B
Dividend Yield2.17%3.73%165.84%4.21%
P/E Ratio18.3928.77108.7917.15
Price / Sales0.702.253.74116.80
Price / Cash11.3021.3421.7337.88
Price / Book7.738.945.424.78
Net Income$101.35M$317.55M$675.22M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-3.01%-1.57%-2.92%-1.21%
1 Month Performance4.18%-0.67%0.23%3.09%
1 Year Performance36.25%2.11%8.77%16.48%

Cheesecake Factory Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
4.2561 of 5 stars
$48.37
-0.3%
$47.93
-0.9%
+39.4%$2.47B$3.54B18.3947,900
EAT
Brinker International
3.6789 of 5 stars
$131.46
+2.8%
$91.38
-30.5%
+224.8%$5.84B$4.42B31.1868,852Analyst Upgrade
WEN
Wendy's
4.15 of 5 stars
$17.03
-0.5%
$20.36
+19.5%
-16.1%$3.47B$2.18B18.0115,300
PZZA
Papa Johns International
4.278 of 5 stars
$43.28
-3.4%
$60.82
+40.5%
-46.4%$1.41B$2.14B15.6113,200
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
4.2698 of 5 stars
$52.21
+1.9%
$57.25
+9.7%
-32.0%$1.16B$3.47B28.3177,600Analyst Revision
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
3.5407 of 5 stars
$12.80
+4.3%
$19.09
+49.1%
-55.2%$1.09B$4.55B-111.5587,000
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
4.156 of 5 stars
$38.17
+6.4%
$38.57
+1.1%
+6.9%$870.93M$1.34B28.7021,000Positive News
JACK
Jack in the Box
4.5172 of 5 stars
$43.31
-4.8%
$59.88
+38.3%
-49.6%$815.57M$1.57B-23.338,168Analyst Upgrade
BH
Biglari
3.5621 of 5 stars
$229.83
-0.4%
N/A+48.5%$523.09M$361.66M1.312,466News Coverage
Positive News
DIN
Dine Brands Global
4.2789 of 5 stars
$31.51
+1.1%
$44.71
+41.9%
-36.6%$480.40M$813.84M5.283,520Positive News
Gap Down
RICK
RCI Hospitality
3.2682 of 5 stars
$52.19
+0.3%
$98.00
+87.8%
-12.9%$469.71M$293.79M100.183,219Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:CAKE) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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