CBRL vs. CAKE, WEN, PZZA, BJRI, BLMN, BH, NATH, DIN, JACK, and RICK
Should you be buying Cracker Barrel Old Country Store stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store include Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Wendy's (WEN), Papa Johns International (PZZA), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Biglari (BH), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Jack in the Box (JACK), and RCI Hospitality (RICK). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store vs.
Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Cheesecake Factory received 176 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 47.66% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.
Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus price target of $54.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.10%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus price target of $53.71, suggesting a potential downside of 5.42%. Given Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.
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.
94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by 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 pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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 38.8% 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.
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.
Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store had 36 more articles in the media than Cheesecake Factory. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and 11 mentions for Cheesecake Factory. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.35 indicating that Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cheesecake Factory beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CBRL) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
