CAKE vs. PZZA, EAT, CBRL, BLMN, JACK, BJRI, DIN, TAST, CHUY, and BH
Should you be buying Cheesecake Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheesecake Factory include Papa John's International (PZZA), Brinker International (EAT), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), and Biglari (BH). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) and Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Papa John's International has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cheesecake Factory has higher revenue and earnings than Papa John's International. Cheesecake Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Papa John's International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Papa John's International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 4 more articles in the media than Papa John's International. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 10 mentions for Papa John's International. Papa John's International's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.62 indicating that Cheesecake Factory is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Papa John's International has a net margin of 3.84% compared to Papa John's International's net margin of 2.95%. Papa John's International's return on equity of 41.66% beat Cheesecake Factory's return on equity.
Cheesecake Factory received 34 more outperform votes than Papa John's International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.38% of users gave Papa John's International an outperform vote while only 52.15% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.
Papa John's International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Papa John's International pays out 74.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheesecake Factory pays out 52.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Papa John's International has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Cheesecake Factory is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Papa John's International presently has a consensus price target of $81.60, indicating a potential upside of 29.32%. Cheesecake Factory has a consensus price target of $35.64, indicating a potential upside of 0.80%. Given Cheesecake Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.
Summary
Papa John's International beats Cheesecake Factory on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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