CAKE vs. BLMN, PZZA, EAT, CBRL, JACK, BJRI, DIN, PLAY, ARCO, and KRUS
Should you be buying Cheesecake Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheesecake Factory include Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Brinker International (EAT), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), and Kura Sushi USA (KRUS). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
Bloomin' Brands received 41 more outperform votes than Cheesecake Factory when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.62% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote while only 52.13% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 45 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 17 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Cheesecake Factory's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Bloomin' Brands' score of 0.26 indicating that Cheesecake Factory is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Bloomin' Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Bloomin' Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Cheesecake Factory pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bloomin' Brands pays out 150.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.90%. Bloomin' Brands has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.35%. Given Bloomin' Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bloomin' Brands is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.
Cheesecake Factory has a net margin of 3.07% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of 1.56%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 65.73% beat Cheesecake Factory's return on equity.
Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Cheesecake Factory. Cheesecake Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomin' Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bloomin' Brands beats Cheesecake Factory on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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