BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) Competitors

BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) and Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BJRI or CAKE?

100.0% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend BJRI or CAKE?

BJ's Restaurants currently has a consensus target price of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.00%. Cheesecake Factory has a consensus target price of $61.75, suggesting a potential downside of 4.68%. Given BJ's Restaurants' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BJ's Restaurants is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BJ's Restaurants	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cheesecake Factory	4 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19

Which has more volatility & risk, BJRI or CAKE?

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, BJRI or CAKE?

Cheesecake Factory has higher revenue and earnings than BJ's Restaurants. Cheesecake Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ's Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BJ's Restaurants	$1.36B	0.59	$16.69M	$1.19	30.30
Cheesecake Factory	$3.58B	0.90	$156.78M	$3.25	19.93

Does the media refer more to BJRI or CAKE?

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 10 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 3 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.89 indicating that BJ's Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BJ's Restaurants	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cheesecake Factory	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BJRI or CAKE more profitable?

Cheesecake Factory has a net margin of 4.33% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.99%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 45.92% beat BJ's Restaurants' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BJ's Restaurants	1.99%	11.73%	4.27%
Cheesecake Factory	4.33%	45.92%	5.93%

Summary

Cheesecake Factory beats BJ's Restaurants on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.