Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) Competitors

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

Is CAKE or CBRL more profitable?

Cheesecake Factory has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's net margin of 1.15%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 45.89% beat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cheesecake Factory	4.38%	45.89%	5.85%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	1.15%	18.61%	3.79%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CAKE or CBRL?

94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CAKE or CBRL?

Cheesecake Factory has higher revenue and earnings than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cheesecake Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, 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
Cheesecake Factory	$3.62B	0.73	$101.35M	$3.19	16.82
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$3.51B	0.36	$40.93M	$1.61	34.81

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAKE or CBRL?

Cheesecake Factory received 177 more outperform votes than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.73% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote while only 47.89% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cheesecake Factory	Outperform Votes 552 51.73%	Underperform Votes 515 48.27%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	Outperform Votes 375 47.89%	Underperform Votes 408 52.11%

Which has more risk & volatility, CAKE or CBRL?

Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CAKE or CBRL a better dividend stock?

Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cheesecake Factory pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays out 62.1% 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.

Does the media refer more to CAKE or CBRL?

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 21 more articles in the media than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 5 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.38 indicating that Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cheesecake Factory	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CAKE or CBRL?

Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus price target of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.67%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus price target of $52.43, indicating a potential downside of 6.46%. Given Cheesecake Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cheesecake Factory is more favorable than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cheesecake Factory	4 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Cheesecake Factory beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.