CAKE vs. PLAY, ARCO, WEN, EAT, BLMN, PZZA, CBRL, JACK, 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), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), and Dine Brands Global (DIN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
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.
94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Dave & Buster's Entertainment had 8 more articles in the media than Cheesecake Factory. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment and 6 mentions for Cheesecake Factory. Cheesecake Factory's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Dave & Buster's Entertainment's score of 0.83 indicating that Cheesecake Factory is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus target price of $39.58, indicating a potential upside of 4.83%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a consensus target price of $69.21, indicating a potential upside of 43.09%. Given Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cheesecake Factory. Dave & Buster's Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cheesecake Factory, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% 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.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a net margin of 5.76% compared to Cheesecake Factory's net margin of 3.07%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity of 53.96% beat Cheesecake Factory's return on equity.
Summary
Dave & Buster's Entertainment beats Cheesecake Factory on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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