Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) Competitors

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

Which has stronger 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	0.55	$16.69M	$1.19	28.20
Cheesecake Factory	$3.58B	0.85	$156.78M	$3.25	18.91

Which has more volatility & risk, BJRI or CAKE?

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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. 4.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer BJRI or CAKE?

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 5 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 8 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 1.12 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cheesecake Factory	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 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%

Do analysts rate BJRI or CAKE?

BJ's Restaurants currently has a consensus target price of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.20%. Cheesecake Factory has a consensus target price of $61.94, suggesting a potential upside of 0.78%. Given BJ's Restaurants' higher possible upside, equities 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

Summary

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