LOCO vs. NATH, PBPB, GENK, STKS, RRGB, FAT, DENN, BH, NDLS, and CHUY
Should you be buying El Pollo Loco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of El Pollo Loco include Nathan's Famous (NATH), Potbelly (PBPB), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), FAT Brands (FAT), Denny's (DENN), Biglari (BH), Noodles & Company (NDLS), and Chuy's (CHUY). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) and Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
El Pollo Loco received 204 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 59.97% of users gave El Pollo Loco an outperform vote.
El Pollo Loco has higher revenue and earnings than Nathan's Famous. El Pollo Loco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nathan's Famous, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
El Pollo Loco currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.39%. Given El Pollo Loco's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe El Pollo Loco is more favorable than Nathan's Famous.
In the previous week, El Pollo Loco had 4 more articles in the media than Nathan's Famous. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for El Pollo Loco and 8 mentions for Nathan's Famous. El Pollo Loco's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Nathan's Famous' score of -0.15 indicating that El Pollo Loco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nathan's Famous has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nathan's Famous has a net margin of 13.84% compared to El Pollo Loco's net margin of 5.64%. El Pollo Loco's return on equity of 10.13% beat Nathan's Famous' return on equity.
81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of Nathan's Famous shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.6% of Nathan's Famous shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
El Pollo Loco beats Nathan's Famous on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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