CAKE vs. PLAY, ARCO, WEN, EAT, BLMN, PZZA, JACK, CBRL, BJRI, and DIN
Should you be buying Cheesecake Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheesecake Factory include Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Wendy's (WEN), Brinker International (EAT), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), and Dine Brands Global (DIN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) and Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $69.21, suggesting a potential upside of 35.48%. Cheesecake Factory has a consensus price target of $39.58, suggesting a potential upside of 2.87%. Given Cheesecake Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.
Cheesecake Factory received 9 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 52.12% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 11 more articles in the media than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 5 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Cheesecake Factory's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Dave & Buster's Entertainment's score of 0.61 indicating that Dave & Buster's Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cheesecake Factory. Cheesecake Factory 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.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a net margin of 5.76% compared to Dave & Buster's Entertainment's net margin of 3.07%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 53.96% beat Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity.
91.5% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Dave & Buster's Entertainment beats Cheesecake Factory on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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