EAT vs. CAKE, JACK, BLMN, CBRL, DIN, PZZA, BJRI, RUTH, CHUY, and DENN
Should you be buying Brinker International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brinker International include Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Jack in the Box (JACK), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Papa John's International (PZZA), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Ruth's Hospitality Group (RUTH), Chuy's (CHUY), and Denny's (DENN). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Brinker International vs.
Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) and Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
Brinker International received 165 more outperform votes than Cheesecake Factory when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.36% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote while only 53.04% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.
Brinker International has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brinker International has a net margin of 2.17% compared to Cheesecake Factory's net margin of 1.42%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 25.95% beat Brinker International's return on equity.
Brinker International has higher revenue and earnings than Cheesecake Factory. Brinker International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cheesecake Factory, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brinker International currently has a consensus target price of $37.81, indicating a potential downside of 2.17%. Cheesecake Factory has a consensus target price of $36.38, indicating a potential upside of 13.81%. Given Cheesecake Factory's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cheesecake Factory is more favorable than Brinker International.
88.7% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Brinker International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Cheesecake Factory shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 2 more articles in the media than Brinker International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 5 mentions for Brinker International. Brinker International's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.35 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Brinker International beats Cheesecake Factory on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
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