CAKE vs. EAT, WEN, PZZA, CBRL, BJRI, BLMN, BH, NATH, DIN, and RICK
Should you be buying Cheesecake Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheesecake Factory include Brinker International (EAT), Wendy's (WEN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Biglari (BH), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Dine Brands Global (DIN), and RCI Hospitality (RICK). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Cheesecake Factory vs. Its Competitors
Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus price target of $54.63, suggesting a potential downside of 14.25%. Brinker International has a consensus price target of $144.75, suggesting a potential downside of 21.44%. Given Cheesecake Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cheesecake Factory is more favorable than Brinker International.
94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Brinker International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 8 more articles in the media than Brinker International. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 10 mentions for Brinker International. Brinker International's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.23 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brinker International has a net margin of 6.50% compared to Cheesecake Factory's net margin of 4.33%. Brinker International's return on equity of 333.03% beat Cheesecake Factory's return on equity.
Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brinker International has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cheesecake Factory has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brinker International. Cheesecake Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brinker International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Brinker International beats Cheesecake Factory on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:CAKE) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
