Weis Markets (WMK) Competitors

FAT Brands (NASDAQ:FATBB) and Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FATBB or WMK?

Weis Markets received 201 more outperform votes than FAT Brands when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FAT Brands	N/A	N/A
Weis Markets	Outperform Votes 201 65.69%	Underperform Votes 105 34.31%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FATBB or WMK?

Weis Markets has higher revenue and earnings than FAT Brands. FAT Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weis Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FAT Brands	$480.46M	N/A	-$90.11M	-$5.75	-1.09
Weis Markets	$4.70B	N/A	$103.83M	$3.85	16.49

Is FATBB or WMK more profitable?

Weis Markets has a net margin of 2.21% compared to Weis Markets' net margin of -18.75%. FAT Brands' return on equity of 7.69% beat Weis Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FAT Brands	-18.75%	N/A	-5.60%
Weis Markets	2.21%	7.69%	5.26%

Does the media favor FATBB or WMK?

In the previous week, FAT Brands and FAT Brands both had 3 articles in the media. Weis Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat FAT Brands' score of 0.28 indicating that FAT Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FAT Brands	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Weis Markets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FATBB or WMK a better dividend stock?

FAT Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. FAT Brands pays out -9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weis Markets pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FAT Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer FATBB or WMK?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FAT Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Weis Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, FATBB or WMK?

FAT Brands has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weis Markets has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Weis Markets beats FAT Brands on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.