DPZ vs. PLAY, PZZA, WING, MCD, QSR, UBER, YUM, DRI, TXRH, and EAT
Should you be buying Domino's Pizza stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Domino's Pizza include Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Papa John's International (PZZA), Wingstop (WING), McDonald's (MCD), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Uber Technologies (UBER), Yum! Brands (YUM), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), and Brinker International (EAT).
Domino's Pizza vs. Its Competitors
Domino's Pizza (NASDAQ:DPZ) and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Domino's Pizza has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Domino's Pizza presently has a consensus target price of $487.84, suggesting a potential upside of 4.70%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a consensus target price of $33.83, suggesting a potential upside of 12.97%. Given Dave & Buster's Entertainment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Domino's Pizza.
Domino's Pizza pays an annual dividend of $6.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Domino's Pizza pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dave & Buster's Entertainment pays out 63.4% 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. Domino's Pizza has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
94.6% of Domino's Pizza shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Domino's Pizza shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment 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.
Domino's Pizza has higher revenue and earnings than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Domino's Pizza is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dave & Buster's Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Domino's Pizza has a net margin of 12.84% compared to Dave & Buster's Entertainment's net margin of 1.83%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity of 40.67% beat Domino's Pizza's return on equity.
In the previous week, Domino's Pizza had 16 more articles in the media than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Domino's Pizza and 8 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Domino's Pizza's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Dave & Buster's Entertainment's score of 0.34 indicating that Domino's Pizza is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Domino's Pizza beats Dave & Buster's Entertainment on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:DPZ) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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