PBPB vs. NATH, THCH, LOCO, STKS, DENN, GENK, RRGB, NDLS, FAT, and RICK
Should you be buying Potbelly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Potbelly include Nathan's Famous (NATH), TH International (THCH), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Denny's (DENN), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Noodles & Company (NDLS), FAT Brands (FAT), and RCI Hospitality (RICK). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) and Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Nathan's Famous has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Potbelly has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nathan's Famous has a net margin of 13.84% compared to Nathan's Famous' net margin of 0.76%. Nathan's Famous' return on equity of 36.44% beat Potbelly's return on equity.
Nathan's Famous has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Potbelly. Nathan's Famous is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Potbelly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Potbelly had 6 more articles in the media than Nathan's Famous. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Potbelly and 8 mentions for Nathan's Famous. Nathan's Famous' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Potbelly's score of 0.46 indicating that Potbelly is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Potbelly received 190 more outperform votes than Nathan's Famous when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.35% of users gave Nathan's Famous an outperform vote while only 64.26% of users gave Potbelly an outperform vote.
Potbelly has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.30%. Given Nathan's Famous' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Potbelly is more favorable than Nathan's Famous.
66.5% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.6% of Potbelly shares are held by institutional investors. 31.6% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Potbelly shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Potbelly beats Nathan's Famous on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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