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Papa Johns International (PZZA) Competitors

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$40.29 -0.50 (-1.23%)
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PZZA vs. CAKE, WEN, CBRL, BJRI, BLMN, JACK, BH, NATH, RICK, and DIN

Should you be buying Papa Johns International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Papa Johns International include Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Wendy's (WEN), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Jack in the Box (JACK), Biglari (BH), Nathan's Famous (NATH), RCI Hospitality (RICK), and Dine Brands Global (DIN). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.

Papa Johns International vs.

Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Papa Johns International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Cheesecake Factory received 35 more outperform votes than Papa Johns International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.77% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote while only 51.73% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cheesecake FactoryOutperform Votes
552
51.73%
Underperform Votes
515
48.27%
Papa Johns InternationalOutperform Votes
517
61.77%
Underperform Votes
320
38.23%

Cheesecake Factory presently has a consensus target price of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.67%. Papa Johns International has a consensus target price of $51.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.64%. Given Papa Johns International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Papa Johns International is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.

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
Papa Johns International
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

Papa Johns International has a net margin of 4.51% compared to Cheesecake Factory's net margin of 4.38%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 45.89% beat Papa Johns International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cheesecake Factory4.38% 45.89% 5.85%
Papa Johns International 4.51%-19.61%10.04%

94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Papa Johns International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Cheesecake Factory pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa Johns International pays out 78.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Papa Johns International has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Papa Johns International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Cheesecake Factory has higher revenue and earnings than Papa Johns International. Cheesecake Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Papa Johns International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cheesecake Factory$3.62B0.73$101.35M$3.1916.82
Papa Johns International$2.06B0.65$82.10M$2.3517.36

Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 16 more articles in the media than Papa Johns International. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 10 mentions for Papa Johns International. Papa Johns International's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.38 indicating that Papa Johns International 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
Papa Johns International
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Cheesecake Factory beats Papa Johns International on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PZZA vs. The Competition

MetricPapa Johns InternationalEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.34B$9.02B$25.21B$8.48B
Dividend Yield4.59%3.77%169.74%4.11%
P/E Ratio14.2127.2124.7720.05
Price / Sales0.651.923.98119.28
Price / Cash10.3219.1719.4134.62
Price / Book-3.015.706.254.61
Net Income$82.10M$318.00M$781.36M$248.19M
7 Day Performance-1.59%-2.00%0.21%2.88%
1 Month Performance30.91%7.12%12.45%15.40%
1 Year Performance-17.51%-8.07%8.23%7.68%

Papa Johns International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PZZA
Papa Johns International
4.0251 of 5 stars
$40.29
-1.2%
$51.25
+27.2%
-17.5%$1.32B$2.06B14.0412,000Gap Up
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
3.7184 of 5 stars
$52.57
+4.9%
$53.60
+2.0%
+39.1%$2.60B$3.62B16.4347,500Analyst Revision
WEN
Wendy's
4.9198 of 5 stars
$12.29
+2.4%
$16.34
+32.9%
-32.3%$2.36B$2.24B12.9414,500Gap Up
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
3.3827 of 5 stars
$51.71
+11.4%
$57.13
+10.5%
+16.0%$1.15B$3.51B28.5773,000Positive News
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
2.8106 of 5 stars
$41.49
+6.1%
$37.20
-10.3%
+16.9%$917.59M$1.37B61.0122,200Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
4.0123 of 5 stars
$8.80
+20.5%
$13.75
+56.3%
-65.6%$747.39M$3.93B-79.9987,000Positive News
Gap Down
JACK
Jack in the Box
4.7632 of 5 stars
$28.76
+6.8%
$44.00
+53.0%
-59.4%$542.39M$1.57B-14.7512,100Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
BH
Biglari
1.7367 of 5 stars
$235.80
-1.6%
N/A+21.5%$536.67M$362.11M1.342,560
NATH
Nathan's Famous
2.2549 of 5 stars
$103.24
+4.2%
N/A+49.7%$422.14M$146.39M17.80130News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
RICK
RCI Hospitality
3.2433 of 5 stars
$43.57
+3.6%
$98.00
+124.9%
-13.9%$386.32M$293.18M77.803,613
DIN
Dine Brands Global
3.4825 of 5 stars
$24.27
+8.2%
$26.29
+8.3%
-43.5%$379.24M$820.85M4.043,520Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:PZZA) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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