ARCO vs. PLAY, BLMN, EAT, PZZA, SG, CAKE, FWRG, CBRL, KRUS, and JACK
Should you be buying Arcos Dorados stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcos Dorados include Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Brinker International (EAT), Papa John's International (PZZA), Sweetgreen (SG), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), and Jack in the Box (JACK). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) and Arcos Dorados (NYSE:ARCO) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Arcos Dorados has higher revenue and earnings than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Arcos Dorados is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dave & Buster's Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dave & Buster's Entertainment had 16 more articles in the media than Arcos Dorados. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment and 8 mentions for Arcos Dorados. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Arcos Dorados' score of 0.30 indicating that Arcos Dorados is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment received 246 more outperform votes than Arcos Dorados when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave Dave & Buster's Entertainment an outperform vote while only 55.26% of users gave Arcos Dorados an outperform vote.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a net margin of 5.76% compared to Dave & Buster's Entertainment's net margin of 4.18%. Arcos Dorados' return on equity of 53.96% beat Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcos Dorados has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $69.21, suggesting a potential upside of 32.70%. Arcos Dorados has a consensus target price of $13.38, suggesting a potential upside of 23.16%. Given Arcos Dorados' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Arcos Dorados.
91.5% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Arcos Dorados shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Dave & Buster's Entertainment beats Arcos Dorados on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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