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GEN Restaurant Group (GENK) Competitors

$11.13
-0.15 (-1.33%)
(As of 05/31/2024 ET)

GENK vs. FWRG, KRUS, JACK, CBRL, BJRI, PTLO, DIN, TAST, CHUY, and BH

Should you be buying GEN Restaurant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GEN Restaurant Group include First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Portillo's (PTLO), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), and Biglari (BH). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.

GEN Restaurant Group vs.

First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) and GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

In the previous week, GEN Restaurant Group had 4 more articles in the media than First Watch Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for GEN Restaurant Group and 2 mentions for First Watch Restaurant Group. GEN Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat First Watch Restaurant Group's score of 0.82 indicating that First Watch Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Watch Restaurant Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
GEN Restaurant Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

First Watch Restaurant Group currently has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.57%. GEN Restaurant Group has a consensus target price of $13.83, suggesting a potential upside of 24.29%. Given GEN Restaurant Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe First Watch Restaurant Group is more favorable than GEN Restaurant Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Watch Restaurant Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
GEN Restaurant Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

First Watch Restaurant Group has a net margin of 2.52% compared to First Watch Restaurant Group's net margin of 0.44%. GEN Restaurant Group's return on equity of 4.15% beat First Watch Restaurant Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Watch Restaurant Group2.52% 4.15% 1.89%
GEN Restaurant Group 0.44%2.32%0.43%

96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Watch Restaurant Group has higher revenue and earnings than GEN Restaurant Group. First Watch Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GEN Restaurant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Watch Restaurant Group$922.59M1.29$25.39M$0.3851.79
GEN Restaurant Group$181.01M1.99$8.41M$0.1861.83

First Watch Restaurant Group received 19 more outperform votes than GEN Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave GEN Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 52.54% of users gave First Watch Restaurant Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
First Watch Restaurant GroupOutperform Votes
31
52.54%
Underperform Votes
28
47.46%
GEN Restaurant GroupOutperform Votes
12
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Summary

First Watch Restaurant Group beats GEN Restaurant Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GENK vs. The Competition

MetricGEN Restaurant GroupEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$360.61M$8.46B$21.23B$7.96B
Dividend YieldN/A3.90%175.40%4.02%
P/E Ratio61.8342.8828.4816.79
Price / Sales1.992.335.7679.76
Price / Cash36.5419.9617.6530.94
Price / Book8.904.734.734.59
Net Income$8.41M$316.14M$744.47M$213.63M
7 Day Performance-3.89%1.17%1.27%0.63%
1 Month Performance12.42%1.91%6.71%3.53%
1 Year PerformanceN/A2.10%14.35%8.77%

GEN Restaurant Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FWRG
First Watch Restaurant Group
3.1337 of 5 stars
$19.80
+2.9%
$25.50
+28.8%
+12.2%$1.20B$891.55M52.1114,000Positive News
KRUS
Kura Sushi USA
1.4026 of 5 stars
$96.09
+0.9%
$109.50
+14.0%
+19.6%$1.08B$187.43M686.413,219Positive News
JACK
Jack in the Box
4.9798 of 5 stars
$53.59
+1.1%
$78.00
+45.5%
-38.5%$1.04B$1.62B9.439,523
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
4.4634 of 5 stars
$45.62
-0.1%
$65.00
+42.5%
-52.2%$1.01B$3.44B12.1777,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
3.1944 of 5 stars
$35.03
+0.5%
$38.30
+9.3%
+17.8%$819.00M$1.33B35.0321,000Positive News
PTLO
Portillo's
3.5845 of 5 stars
$9.98
+3.4%
$18.17
+82.0%
-50.2%$728.24M$679.91M24.958,180
DIN
Dine Brands Global
4.3695 of 5 stars
$39.20
+0.4%
$58.57
+49.4%
-37.3%$603.68M$831.07M6.98596
TAST
Carrols Restaurant Group
2.8599 of 5 stars
$9.54
-0.1%
$9.55
+0.1%
+82.4%$502.00M$1.88B16.7425,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
CHUY
Chuy's
3.7955 of 5 stars
$26.01
+0.7%
$38.14
+46.6%
-27.7%$448.15M$461.31M15.397,400Short Interest ↓
BH
Biglari
3.4539 of 5 stars
$194.71
+0.1%
N/A-4.5%$443.94M$365.32M4.362,466Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:GENK) was last updated on 5/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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