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Dave & Buster's Entertainment vs Papa Johns International

PLAY and PZZA side by side, both in eating and drinking places. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How PLAY and PZZA compare

Papa Johns International is the larger company, worth 2.3 times as much as Dave & Buster's Entertainment ($632M against $280M).

Dave & Buster's Entertainment grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−1.5% versus −8.3% for Papa Johns International).

Papa Johns International keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.4% compared with −4.3% at Dave & Buster's Entertainment.

Papa Johns International pays a dividend yielding 7.2%; Dave & Buster's Entertainment does not pay one.

Papa Johns International scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 4 for Dave & Buster's Entertainment), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricPLAYPZZA
Size and price
Market cap$280M$632M
Share price$8.03$19.19
Change, 1 year−41.8%−56.4%
Change, 5 years−78.0%−85.6%
Beta (5Y)1.301.00
Employees24K9,400
StockData Score
Total score413 (better)
Valuation score36 (better)
Growth score01 (better)
Performance score01 (better)
Health score11
Dividend score04 (better)
Valuation
P/E–25.6×
P/S0.1× (better)0.3×
P/B3.2×–
EV/EBITDA5.3× (better)7.8×
P/FCF–29.6×
FCF yield−5.7%3.4% (better)
Fair value$31.52$29.91
Margin of safety74.5% (better)35.9%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)−1.5% (better)−8.3%
Revenue growth, 5Y average36.9% (better)2.5%
Net income growth (TTM)−1013%−32.1% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)−853%−33.6% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average–−6.8%
Profitability
Gross margin85.4% (better)28.9%
Operating margin1.7%4.3% (better)
Net margin−4.3%1.4% (better)
FCF margin−0.77%1.1% (better)
Return on equity−69.7%–
Return on invested capital1.7%21.1% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity17.15–
Net debt / EBITDA4.504.05 (better)
Interest coverage0.2×–
Current ratio0.300.77 (better)
Altman Z-score0.693.41 (better)
Piotroski F-score6 (better)4
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield–7.2%
Payout ratio–178%
Years of dividend growth–0
Dividend growth, 5Y average–15.4%
Buyback yield0.00%–
Shareholder yield0.00%7.2% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions119%114%
Held by insiders26.1%1.9%
Insider net buying, 12 months$101K–
Superinvestors holding1–
Short interest, % of float39.6%21.1%

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