Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) Competitors

Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) and Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do analysts rate BLMN or CAKE?

Bloomin' Brands presently has a consensus price target of $13.75, suggesting a potential upside of 71.66%. Cheesecake Factory has a consensus price target of $54.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.67%. Given Bloomin' Brands' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bloomin' Brands is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloomin' Brands	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.82
Cheesecake Factory	4 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is BLMN or CAKE a better dividend stock?

Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Bloomin' Brands pays out -2,000.0% 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. Bloomin' Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer BLMN or CAKE?

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 18 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 8 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.38 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bloomin' Brands	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cheesecake Factory	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BLMN or CAKE?

Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Cheesecake Factory. Bloomin' Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cheesecake Factory, 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
Bloomin' Brands	$3.93B	0.17	$247.39M	-$0.03	-267.00
Cheesecake Factory	$3.62B	0.73	$101.35M	$3.19	16.82

Is BLMN or CAKE more profitable?

Cheesecake Factory has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of -0.12%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 62.18% beat Cheesecake Factory's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloomin' Brands	-0.12%	62.18%	5.71%
Cheesecake Factory	4.38%	45.89%	5.85%

Which has more volatility and risk, BLMN or CAKE?

Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BLMN or CAKE?

Bloomin' Brands received 19 more outperform votes than Cheesecake Factory when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.49% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote while only 51.73% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bloomin' Brands	Outperform Votes 571 60.49%	Underperform Votes 373 39.51%
Cheesecake Factory	Outperform Votes 552 51.73%	Underperform Votes 515 48.27%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BLMN or CAKE?

94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Bloomin' Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bloomin' Brands and Cheesecake Factory tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.