GENK vs. LOCO, PBPB, NATH, DENN, BH, STKS, CHUY, RRGB, FAT, and TAST
Should you be buying GEN Restaurant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GEN Restaurant Group include El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Potbelly (PBPB), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Denny's (DENN), Biglari (BH), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Chuy's (CHUY), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), FAT Brands (FAT), and Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) and El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
El Pollo Loco has higher revenue and earnings than GEN Restaurant Group.
In the previous week, El Pollo Loco had 3 more articles in the media than GEN Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for El Pollo Loco and 4 mentions for GEN Restaurant Group. GEN Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat El Pollo Loco's score of 0.30 indicating that GEN Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
El Pollo Loco has a net margin of 5.64% compared to GEN Restaurant Group's net margin of 2.46%. GEN Restaurant Group's return on equity of 20.27% beat El Pollo Loco's return on equity.
10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of El Pollo Loco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
El Pollo Loco received 343 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 59.97% of users gave El Pollo Loco an outperform vote.
GEN Restaurant Group currently has a consensus target price of $14.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.43%. El Pollo Loco has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.50%. Given GEN Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than El Pollo Loco.
Summary
El Pollo Loco beats GEN Restaurant Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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