JACK vs. PLAY, WEN, EAT, CAKE, BLMN, PZZA, CBRL, BJRI, DIN, and TAST
Should you be buying Jack in the Box stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jack in the Box include Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Wendy's (WEN), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), and Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Jack in the Box (NASDAQ:JACK) and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Jack in the Box received 194 more outperform votes than Dave & Buster's Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Dave & Buster's Entertainment an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave Jack in the Box an outperform vote.
99.8% of Jack in the Box shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Jack in the Box shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Jack in the Box has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Jack in the Box 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.
Jack in the Box presently has a consensus price target of $77.18, suggesting a potential upside of 36.35%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a consensus price target of $69.21, suggesting a potential upside of 41.57%. Given Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Jack in the Box.
In the previous week, Dave & Buster's Entertainment had 2 more articles in the media than Jack in the Box. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment and 10 mentions for Jack in the Box. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Jack in the Box's score of 0.38 indicating that Dave & Buster's Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jack in the Box has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jack in the Box has a net margin of 7.07% compared to Dave & Buster's Entertainment's net margin of 5.76%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity of 53.96% beat Jack in the Box's return on equity.
Summary
Dave & Buster's Entertainment beats Jack in the Box on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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