ARCO vs. PLAY, BLMN, EAT, PZZA, SG, CAKE, FWRG, CBRL, KRUS, and JACK
Should you be buying Arcos Dorados stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcos Dorados include Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Brinker International (EAT), Papa John's International (PZZA), Sweetgreen (SG), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), and Jack in the Box (JACK). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) and Arcos Dorados (NYSE:ARCO) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Dave & Buster's Entertainment had 10 more articles in the media than Arcos Dorados. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment and 9 mentions for Arcos Dorados. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Arcos Dorados' score of 0.35 indicating that Arcos Dorados is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Arcos Dorados has higher revenue and earnings than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Arcos Dorados 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 4.18%. Arcos Dorados' return on equity of 53.96% beat Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity.
91.5% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Arcos Dorados shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcos Dorados has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment received 246 more outperform votes than Arcos Dorados when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave Dave & Buster's Entertainment an outperform vote while only 55.26% of users gave Arcos Dorados an outperform vote.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $69.21, suggesting a potential upside of 29.61%. Arcos Dorados has a consensus target price of $13.38, suggesting a potential upside of 25.12%. Given Arcos Dorados' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Arcos Dorados.
Summary
Dave & Buster's Entertainment beats Arcos Dorados on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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