Papa Johns International (PZZA) Competitors

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

Is CAKE or PZZA more profitable?

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 Factory	4.38%	45.89%	5.85%
Papa Johns International	4.51%	-19.61%	10.04%

Is CAKE or PZZA a better dividend stock?

Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CAKE or PZZA?

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, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CAKE or PZZA?

Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus price target of $54.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.56%. Papa Johns International has a consensus price target of $51.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.81%. Given Papa Johns International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

Does the media prefer CAKE or PZZA?

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 7 more articles in the media than Papa Johns International. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 4 mentions for Papa Johns International. Papa Johns International's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.35 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Papa Johns International	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAKE or PZZA?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cheesecake Factory	Outperform Votes 552 51.73%	Underperform Votes 515 48.27%
Papa Johns International	Outperform Votes 517 61.77%	Underperform Votes 320 38.23%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CAKE or PZZA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cheesecake Factory	$3.62B	0.79	$101.35M	$3.19	18.12
Papa Johns International	$2.06B	0.78	$82.10M	$2.35	21.01

Which has more volatility & risk, CAKE or PZZA?

Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cheesecake Factory beats Papa Johns International on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.