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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Competitors

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$21.54 +0.23 (+1.08%)
As of 05/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

PLAY vs. CAKE, SG, ARCO, HDL, PZZA, CBRL, FWRG, BJRI, PTLO, and KRUS

Should you be buying Dave & Buster's Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment include Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Sweetgreen (SG), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Super Hi International (HDL), Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Portillo's (PTLO), and Kura Sushi USA (KRUS). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment vs.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) and Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment pays out 46.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheesecake Factory pays out 33.9% 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.

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 16 more articles in the media than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 10 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.38 indicating that Dave & Buster's Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
5 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)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cheesecake Factory. Dave & Buster's Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cheesecake Factory, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dave & Buster's Entertainment$2.13B0.35$126.90M$1.3815.61
Cheesecake Factory$3.62B0.73$101.35M$3.1916.82

91.4% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cheesecake Factory has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Dave & Buster's Entertainment's net margin of 3.88%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 45.89% beat Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dave & Buster's Entertainment3.88% 44.22% 3.05%
Cheesecake Factory 4.38%45.89%5.85%

Dave & Buster's Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.20%. Cheesecake Factory has a consensus price target of $54.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.67%. Given Dave & Buster's Entertainment's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Cheesecake Factory
4 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Cheesecake Factory received 20 more outperform votes than Dave & Buster's Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.34% of users gave Dave & Buster's Entertainment an outperform vote while only 51.73% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dave & Buster's EntertainmentOutperform Votes
532
67.34%
Underperform Votes
258
32.66%
Cheesecake FactoryOutperform Votes
552
51.73%
Underperform Votes
515
48.27%

Summary

Cheesecake Factory beats Dave & Buster's Entertainment on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLAY vs. The Competition

MetricDave & Buster's EntertainmentEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$743.76M$9.02B$25.21B$8.48B
Dividend YieldN/A3.77%169.74%4.11%
P/E Ratio10.6627.2124.7720.05
Price / Sales0.351.923.98119.28
Price / Cash2.6519.1719.4134.62
Price / Book3.455.706.254.61
Net Income$126.90M$318.00M$781.36M$248.19M
7 Day Performance0.23%-2.00%0.21%2.88%
1 Month Performance7.81%7.12%12.45%15.40%
1 Year Performance-58.49%-8.07%8.23%7.68%

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
3.9592 of 5 stars
$21.54
+1.1%
$33.00
+53.2%
-58.5%$743.76M$2.13B10.6623,258
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
3.7166 of 5 stars
$52.53
+4.8%
$53.60
+2.0%
+39.1%$2.60B$3.62B16.4247,500Trending News
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
SG
Sweetgreen
3.7345 of 5 stars
$15.63
+2.6%
$31.73
+103.1%
-57.4%$1.83B$685.28M-20.035,950Positive News
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
4.1189 of 5 stars
$7.91
-1.3%
$12.00
+51.6%
-26.7%$1.67B$4.47B11.3181,300Positive News
Earnings Report
HDL
Super Hi International
N/A$23.17
+5.1%
N/AN/A$1.51B$778.31M77.2312,891Positive News
PZZA
Papa Johns International
4.0201 of 5 stars
$41.05
+7.3%
$51.25
+24.8%
-17.5%$1.34B$2.06B14.3012,000
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
3.3852 of 5 stars
$51.68
+11.4%
$57.13
+10.5%
+16.0%$1.03B$3.51B28.5573,000Positive News
FWRG
First Watch Restaurant Group
3.8849 of 5 stars
$16.75
+6.2%
$21.36
+27.5%
-15.1%$1.02B$1.06B50.7610,000Positive News
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
2.8087 of 5 stars
$41.55
+6.3%
$37.20
-10.5%
+16.9%$918.92M$1.37B61.1022,200Analyst Revision
PTLO
Portillo's
1.9684 of 5 stars
$12.16
+8.2%
$13.71
+12.8%
+13.0%$907.17M$721.16M28.957,450Positive News
Gap Down
KRUS
Kura Sushi USA
2.5151 of 5 stars
$66.82
+9.1%
$77.20
+15.5%
-36.9%$807.52M$258.44M-98.262,100Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:PLAY) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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