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$61.59 +0.05 (+0.08%)
Closing price 08/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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CAKE vs. BJRI, BLMN, CBRL, PLAY, PZZA, TXRH, DIN, DRI, EAT, and TNL

Should you be buying Cheesecake Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheesecake Factory include BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Papa John's International (PZZA), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Brinker International (EAT), and Travel + Leisure (TNL).

Cheesecake Factory vs. Its Competitors

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

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

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 Restaurants1.99% 11.73% 4.27%
Cheesecake Factory 4.33%45.92%5.93%

BJ's Restaurants presently has a consensus price target of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.71%. Cheesecake Factory has a consensus price target of $61.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.26%. Given BJ's Restaurants' higher probable 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

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 8 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 7 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.45 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cheesecake Factory
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BJ's Restaurants$1.36B0.55$16.69M$1.1928.32
Cheesecake Factory$3.58B0.86$156.78M$3.2518.95

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CAKE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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CAKE vs. The Competition

MetricCheesecake FactoryRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.07B$11.30B$26.96B$9.72B
Dividend Yield1.75%4.01%172.89%4.13%
P/E Ratio18.9534.2326.1724.63
Price / Sales0.862.0111.57102.60
Price / Cash11.6316.5917.2727.99
Price / Book7.099.635.595.76
Net Income$156.78M$400.87M$874.58M$264.95M
7 Day Performance-0.06%-2.12%-0.58%0.01%
1 Month Performance-4.91%-7.38%-2.85%1.28%
1 Year Performance70.66%1.81%19.01%26.11%

Cheesecake Factory Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
4.2195 of 5 stars
$61.59
+0.1%
$61.75
+0.3%
+72.3%$3.07B$3.58B18.9547,900
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
3.4507 of 5 stars
$34.24
+0.2%
$39.67
+15.8%
+18.9%$757.39M$1.36B28.7721,000
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
4.1032 of 5 stars
$8.96
+2.6%
$12.75
+42.3%
-58.6%$760.97M$3.95B-298.5781,000Earnings Report
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
3.9312 of 5 stars
$57.79
-2.1%
$55.14
-4.6%
+49.9%$1.29B$3.47B22.4077,600News Coverage
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
4.5007 of 5 stars
$27.81
-1.0%
$33.83
+21.7%
-24.7%$961.67M$2.13B27.5323,420News Coverage
Positive News
PZZA
Papa John's International
2.7506 of 5 stars
$40.08
-4.1%
$51.58
+28.7%
-1.6%$1.31B$2.06B17.0611,400News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
4.1683 of 5 stars
$184.79
+1.0%
$196.85
+6.5%
+4.4%$12.26B$5.37B28.5295,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
DIN
Dine Brands Global
2.1009 of 5 stars
$21.81
+0.2%
$26.86
+23.1%
-30.7%$340.92M$812.31M6.043,520Earnings Report
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.8924 of 5 stars
$204.90
+0.7%
$225.19
+9.9%
+40.8%$23.98B$12.08B23.07197,924Positive News
EAT
Brinker International
4.1899 of 5 stars
$160.55
+3.0%
$156.41
-2.6%
+128.7%$7.14B$5.13B22.1468,852Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.7167 of 5 stars
$59.43
+1.7%
$62.30
+4.8%
+40.0%$3.86B$3.92B10.2519,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CAKE) was last updated on 8/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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