CAKE vs. PZZA, EAT, CBRL, BLMN, JACK, BJRI, DIN, TAST, CHUY, and BH
Should you be buying Cheesecake Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheesecake Factory include Papa John's International (PZZA), Brinker International (EAT), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), and Biglari (BH). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.
Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Papa John's International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Cheesecake Factory pays out 52.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa John's International pays out 74.8% 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.
In the previous week, Papa John's International had 5 more articles in the media than Cheesecake Factory. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Papa John's International and 7 mentions for Cheesecake Factory. Papa John's International's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.30 indicating that Papa John's International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cheesecake Factory has higher revenue and earnings than Papa John's International. Cheesecake Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Papa John's International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Papa John's International has a net margin of 3.84% compared to Cheesecake Factory's net margin of 2.95%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 41.66% beat Papa John's International's return on equity.
Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa John's International has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Papa John's International 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.
Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus target price of $35.64, indicating a potential upside of 2.17%. Papa John's International has a consensus target price of $81.60, indicating a potential upside of 29.71%. Given Papa John's International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.
Cheesecake Factory received 34 more outperform votes than Papa John's International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.38% of users gave Papa John's International an outperform vote while only 52.15% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.
Summary
Papa John's International beats Cheesecake Factory on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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