PZZA vs. CAKE, BLMN, CBRL, JACK, BJRI, DIN, EAT, TAST, CHUY, and BH
Should you be buying Papa John's International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Papa John's International include Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Brinker International (EAT), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), and Biglari (BH). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 19 more articles in the media than Papa John's International. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 29 mentions for Papa John's International. Papa John's International's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.23 indicating that Cheesecake Factory is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cheesecake Factory received 33 more outperform votes than Papa John's International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.60% of users gave Papa John's International an outperform vote while only 52.13% of users gave Cheesecake Factory an outperform vote.
Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Papa John's International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Cheesecake Factory pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa John's International pays out 81.8% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Papa John's International has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Papa John's International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Papa John's International shares are held by 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.
Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa John's International has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.68%. Papa John's International has a consensus target price of $76.36, indicating a potential upside of 45.29%. Given Cheesecake Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.
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.
Papa John's International has a net margin of 3.50% compared to Papa John's International's net margin of 3.07%. Papa John's International's return on equity of 42.15% beat Cheesecake Factory's return on equity.
Summary
Papa John's International beats Cheesecake Factory on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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