Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer SG or PLAY?

In the previous week, Sweetgreen had 7 more articles in the media than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Sweetgreen and 10 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Sweetgreen's score of 0.61 indicating that Dave & Buster's Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sweetgreen	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dave & Buster's Entertainment	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SG or PLAY?

95.8% of Sweetgreen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of Sweetgreen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SG or PLAY more profitable?

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a net margin of 3.88% compared to Sweetgreen's net margin of -13.27%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity of 44.22% beat Sweetgreen's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sweetgreen	-13.27%	-18.82%	-10.39%
Dave & Buster's Entertainment	3.88%	44.22%	3.05%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SG or PLAY?

Dave & Buster's Entertainment received 491 more outperform votes than Sweetgreen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.43% of users gave Dave & Buster's Entertainment an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave Sweetgreen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sweetgreen	Outperform Votes 39 54.17%	Underperform Votes 33 45.83%
Dave & Buster's Entertainment	Outperform Votes 530 67.43%	Underperform Votes 256 32.57%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SG or PLAY?

Dave & Buster's Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sweetgreen	$676.83M	4.53	-$113.38M	-$0.79	-33.08
Dave & Buster's Entertainment	$2.20B	0.37	$126.90M	$2.02	10.48

Do analysts prefer SG or PLAY?

Sweetgreen presently has a consensus target price of $36.27, indicating a potential upside of 38.82%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a consensus target price of $46.67, indicating a potential upside of 120.54%. Given Dave & Buster's Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Sweetgreen.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sweetgreen	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Dave & Buster's Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Which has more risk & volatility, SG or PLAY?

Sweetgreen has a beta of 2.44, suggesting that its stock price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dave & Buster's Entertainment beats Sweetgreen on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.