BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) Competitors

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

Is BJRI or CAKE more profitable?

Cheesecake Factory has a net margin of 4.38% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.23%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 45.89% beat BJ's Restaurants' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BJ's Restaurants	1.23%	8.76%	3.17%
Cheesecake Factory	4.38%	45.89%	5.85%

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

99.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BJRI or CAKE a better dividend stock?

BJ's Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. BJ's Restaurants pays out 55.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheesecake Factory pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cheesecake Factory is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher 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	$1.37B	0.68	$16.69M	$0.94	44.78
Cheesecake Factory	$3.62B	0.73	$101.35M	$3.19	16.82

Do analysts recommend BJRI or CAKE?

BJ's Restaurants presently has a consensus target price of $37.20, indicating a potential downside of 11.62%. Cheesecake Factory has a consensus target price of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.67%. Given Cheesecake Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cheesecake Factory is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BJ's Restaurants	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
Cheesecake Factory	4 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BJRI or CAKE?

Cheesecake Factory received 40 more outperform votes than BJ's Restaurants when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.35% of users gave BJ's Restaurants an outperform vote while only 51.73% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BJ's Restaurants	Outperform Votes 512 54.35%	Underperform Votes 430 45.65%
Cheesecake Factory	Outperform Votes 552 51.73%	Underperform Votes 515 48.27%

Does the media refer more to BJRI or CAKE?

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 7 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 19 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.38 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cheesecake Factory	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, BJRI or CAKE?

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cheesecake Factory beats BJ's Restaurants on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.