Free Trial

Brinker International (EAT) Competitors

Brinker International logo
$153.34 +1.02 (+0.67%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$153.26 -0.08 (-0.05%)
As of 07/25/2025 07:46 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

EAT vs. CAKE, LOCO, PLAY, TXRH, WING, ARCO, DRI, SHAK, YUMC, and DPZ

Should you be buying Brinker International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brinker International include Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wingstop (WING), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Shake Shack (SHAK), Yum China (YUMC), and Domino's Pizza (DPZ). These companies are all part of the "retail - restrnts" industry.

Brinker International vs. Its Competitors

Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus target price of $59.38, indicating a potential downside of 9.74%. Brinker International has a consensus target price of $156.41, indicating a potential upside of 2.01%. Given Brinker International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brinker 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.19
Brinker International
0 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 20 more articles in the media than Brinker International. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 9 mentions for Brinker International. Brinker International's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.55 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cheesecake Factory
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brinker International
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Brinker International has a net margin of 6.50% compared to Cheesecake Factory's net margin of 4.33%. Brinker International's return on equity of 333.03% beat Cheesecake Factory's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cheesecake Factory4.33% 46.06% 5.98%
Brinker International 6.50%333.03%14.37%

94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Brinker 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cheesecake Factory$3.62B0.90$156.78M$3.1920.62
Brinker International$4.42B1.54$155.30M$7.2521.15

Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brinker International has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Brinker International beats Cheesecake Factory on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Brinker International News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for EAT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EAT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.
Skip Chart

EAT vs. The Competition

MetricBrinker InternationalRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.77B$11.52B$26.96B$21.07B
Dividend YieldN/A3.68%177.03%3.59%
P/E Ratio21.1537.1630.7428.45
Price / Sales1.542.086.4872.04
Price / Cash18.9117.4352.3122.92
Price / Book172.2910.325.694.69
Net Income$155.30M$400.87M$880.44M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-5.05%1.94%2.32%1.66%
1 Month Performance-15.69%2.60%7.08%4.54%
1 Year Performance139.22%6.72%25.92%10.00%

Brinker International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EAT
Brinker International
3.8133 of 5 stars
$153.34
+0.7%
$156.41
+2.0%
+143.7%$6.77B$4.42B21.1568,852
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
3.9389 of 5 stars
$64.56
-0.3%
$55.75
-13.6%
+79.3%$3.20B$3.58B20.2347,900Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
LOCO
El Pollo Loco
3.8774 of 5 stars
$10.71
-2.3%
$15.50
+44.8%
-7.6%$321.54M$473.01M12.594,143Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
3.5881 of 5 stars
$32.11
-0.5%
$33.83
+5.4%
-6.8%$1.11B$2.13B31.7923,420News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
4.1571 of 5 stars
$188.71
+0.3%
$194.09
+2.9%
+13.3%$12.52B$5.50B29.1395,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WING
Wingstop
4.0444 of 5 stars
$317.88
-3.1%
$358.16
+12.7%
-16.2%$8.83B$625.81M53.011,335Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.3464 of 5 stars
$7.33
-3.0%
$8.80
+20.1%
-25.0%$1.54B$4.47B11.2798,615
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.9315 of 5 stars
$209.66
+0.2%
$225.19
+7.4%
+44.1%$24.56B$12.08B23.64191,105Positive News
SHAK
Shake Shack
3.3476 of 5 stars
$140.58
+0.4%
$125.95
-10.4%
+73.9%$5.99B$1.25B501.7112,826Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
YUMC
Yum China
4.7229 of 5 stars
$47.44
-0.3%
$48.70
+2.7%
+63.5%$17.60B$11.30B19.84351,000Positive News
DPZ
Domino's Pizza
3.372 of 5 stars
$471.65
+1.5%
$487.84
+3.4%
+14.2%$16.15B$4.71B27.0410,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:EAT) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners