JACK vs. CAKE, CBRL, PZZA, BLMN, BJRI, BH, RICK, DIN, NATH, and DENN
Should you be buying Jack in the Box stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jack in the Box include Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa Johns International (PZZA), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Biglari (BH), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Nathan's Famous (NATH), and Denny's (DENN). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Jack in the Box vs.
Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Jack in the Box (NASDAQ:JACK) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
Cheesecake Factory has higher revenue and earnings than Jack in the Box. Jack in the Box 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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Jack in the Box shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Jack in the Box shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jack in the Box has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cheesecake Factory has a net margin of 3.63% compared to Jack in the Box's net margin of -2.34%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 43.90% beat Jack in the Box's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 5 more articles in the media than Jack in the Box. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 5 mentions for Jack in the Box. Cheesecake Factory's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Jack in the Box's score of -0.30 indicating that Cheesecake Factory is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jack in the Box received 186 more outperform votes than Cheesecake Factory when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.33% of users gave Jack in the Box an outperform vote while only 52.20% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.
Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Jack in the Box pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Cheesecake Factory pays out 41.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jack in the Box pays out -90.3% 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. Jack in the Box is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cheesecake Factory presently has a consensus target price of $49.40, suggesting a potential upside of 1.31%. Jack in the Box has a consensus target price of $57.76, suggesting a potential upside of 49.42%. Given Jack in the Box's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jack in the Box is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.
Summary
Cheesecake Factory beats Jack in the Box on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JACK) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
