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Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Competitors

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PLAY vs. CAKE, DIN, CHA, PK, SHCO, ARCO, XHR, HDL, CNNE, and FWRG

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), DINE BRANDS GLOBAL (DIN), Chagee (CHA), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Super Hi International (HDL), Cannae (CNNE), and First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG).

Dave & Buster's Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Dave & Buster's Entertainment had 4 more articles in the media than Cheesecake Factory. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment and 7 mentions for Cheesecake Factory. Cheesecake Factory's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Dave & Buster's Entertainment's score of 0.68 indicating that Cheesecake Factory is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cheesecake Factory
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cheesecake Factory has a net margin of 4.33% compared to Dave & Buster's Entertainment's net margin of 0.46%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 45.92% beat Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cheesecake Factory4.33% 45.92% 5.93%
Dave & Buster's Entertainment 0.46%29.24%1.24%

Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus target price of $61.94, indicating a potential upside of 12.88%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a consensus target price of $31.33, indicating a potential upside of 59.99%. Given Dave & Buster's Entertainment's higher possible upside, 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
Cheesecake Factory
4 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.19
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cheesecake Factory$3.58B0.76$156.78M$3.2516.88
Dave & Buster's Entertainment$2.13B0.32$58.30M$0.3457.60

Summary

Cheesecake Factory beats Dave & Buster's Entertainment on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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PLAY vs. The Competition

MetricDave & Buster's EntertainmentRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$684.39M$10.87B$27.46B$10.39B
Dividend YieldN/A3.55%171.15%4.58%
P/E Ratio58.0632.1720.5326.62
Price / Sales0.321.908.6492.08
Price / Cash2.2115.3263.9861.85
Price / Book4.094.555.086.46
Net Income$58.30M$405.27M$871.31M$271.49M
7 Day Performance-7.53%0.68%-0.42%2.97%
1 Month Performance-22.71%-2.15%4.56%7.56%
1 Year Performance-40.10%-6.81%19.17%30.09%

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
4.1928 of 5 stars
$19.41
+0.1%
$31.33
+61.5%
-41.6%$672.25M$2.13B57.0323,420
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
4.2527 of 5 stars
$56.30
-0.4%
$61.94
+10.0%
+37.6%$2.82B$3.58B17.3247,900
DIN
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL
2.3 of 5 stars
$24.63
+3.0%
$26.00
+5.6%
-17.6%$367.57M$812.31M8.213,520
CHA
Chagee
N/A$16.55
-0.5%
$36.44
+120.2%
N/A$3.05B$13.60B0.004,800
PK
Park Hotels & Resorts
4.008 of 5 stars
$12.09
+1.1%
$12.20
+1.0%
-23.7%$2.39B$2.60B44.7690Positive News
SHCO
Soho House & Co Inc.
1.5957 of 5 stars
$8.86
+0.1%
$9.00
+1.6%
+74.3%$1.73B$1.20B-29.528,038
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
4.1617 of 5 stars
$6.80
+0.1%
$8.80
+29.4%
-16.6%$1.43B$4.47B10.7998,615Positive News
XHR
Xenia Hotels & Resorts
2.656 of 5 stars
$14.77
+0.3%
$13.20
-10.6%
-4.8%$1.41B$1.08B23.4440Positive News
HDL
Super Hi International
N/A$19.49
+2.4%
N/A+9.1%$1.24B$804.11M21.6513,057News Coverage
Positive News
CNNE
Cannae
4.0694 of 5 stars
$19.20
+0.7%
$24.00
+25.0%
-2.3%$1.07B$437.20M-2.877,317
FWRG
First Watch Restaurant Group
4.0554 of 5 stars
$17.20
+1.1%
$21.09
+22.6%
+1.7%$1.04B$1.02B286.7115,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PLAY) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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