PLAY vs. BLMN, ARCO, PZZA, CAKE, EAT, SG, FWRG, KRUS, CBRL, and JACK
Should you be buying Dave & Buster's Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment include Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Papa John's International (PZZA), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Brinker International (EAT), Sweetgreen (SG), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), and Jack in the Box (JACK). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) and Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
91.5% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Bloomin' Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Bloomin' Brands 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.
Bloomin' Brands received 49 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 62.62% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $69.21, indicating a potential upside of 28.75%. Bloomin' Brands has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.31%. Given Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Bloomin' Brands.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a net margin of 5.76% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of 5.30%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 73.67% beat Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bloomin' Brands had 39 more articles in the media than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Bloomin' Brands and 7 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Bloomin' Brands' score of 0.21 indicating that Dave & Buster's Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Dave & Buster's Entertainment beats Bloomin' Brands on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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