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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Stocks - Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
JAX J. Alexander's	$14.00	$13.95	$5.12 ▼ $14.00	$211.12M	1.54	90,386 shs	N/A
KRUS Kura Sushi USA	$109.04 -0.9%	$104.30	$51.02 ▼ $122.81	$1.24B	1.98	176,323 shs	108,097 shs
LUB Luby's	$1.78	$1.79	$1.77 ▼ $5.13	$55.33M	1.15	114,882 shs	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$17.93 -0.2%	$18.29	$17.00 ▼ $21.30	$118.59M	0.08	1,690 shs	200 shs
PBPB Potbelly	$10.29 +1.9%	$12.10	$7.12 ▼ $14.36	$299.80M	1.32	216,682 shs	211,061 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
JAX J. Alexander's	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
KRUS Kura Sushi USA	-0.87%	-3.56%	-0.95%	+19.27%	+64.71%
LUB Luby's	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	-0.21%	+1.88%	-2.01%	-5.62%	-4.37%
PBPB Potbelly	+1.88%	-3.74%	-14.96%	-20.33%	+1.38%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
JAX J. Alexander's	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
KRUS Kura Sushi USA	1.5579 of 5 stars	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	2.5	1.9
LUB Luby's	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	3.4357 of 5 stars	3.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	1.7	2.5
PBPB Potbelly	3.0682 of 5 stars	3.4	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.3	2.5

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
JAX J. Alexander's	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
KRUS Kura Sushi USA	2.57	Moderate Buy	$108.86	-0.17% Downside
LUB Luby's	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	3.00	Buy	$24.00	33.84% Upside
PBPB Potbelly	2.75	Moderate Buy	$13.67	32.82% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest PBPB, MHGU, KRUS, LUB, and JAX Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/5/2024	KRUS Kura Sushi USA	Roth Mkm Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$87.00 ➝ $120.00
4/5/2024	KRUS Kura Sushi USA	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$82.00 ➝ $95.00
4/5/2024	KRUS Kura Sushi USA	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
4/5/2024	KRUS Kura Sushi USA	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$122.00 ➝ $124.00
4/5/2024	KRUS Kura Sushi USA	Lake Street Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$70.00 ➝ $93.00
4/2/2024	KRUS Kura Sushi USA	Craig Hallum Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$90.00 ➝ $130.00
3/8/2024	PBPB Potbelly	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform

(Data available from 4/19/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
JAX J. Alexander's	$183.37M	1.15	$0.24 per share	59.11	$7.33 per share	1.91
KRUS Kura Sushi USA	$187.43M	6.53	$0.83 per share	131.37	$14.72 per share	7.41
LUB Luby's	$214.02M	0.26	N/A	N/A	$2.39 per share	0.74
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$672.49M	0.18	$3.86 per share	4.65	$18.72 per share	0.96
PBPB Potbelly	$491.41M	0.62	$0.59 per share	17.40	$0.48 per share	21.44

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
JAX J. Alexander's	-$22.47M	N/A	26.42	∞	N/A	3.48%	6.53%	3.02%	N/A
KRUS Kura Sushi USA	$1.50M	$0.14	778.91	188.00	N/A	0.73%	0.95%	0.51%	7/4/2024 (Estimated)
LUB Luby's	-$29.45M	N/A	0.00	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	$6.14M	$0.12	149.44	18.68	N/A	0.91%	5.16%	0.76%	N/A
PBPB Potbelly	$5.12M	$0.16	64.31	41.16	N/A	1.04%	50.06%	1.75%	5/8/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest PBPB, MHGU, KRUS, LUB, and JAX Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
5/8/2024	N/A	PBPB Potbelly	-$0.02	N/A	+$0.02	N/A	N/A	N/A
3/7/2024	Q4 2023	PBPB Potbelly	$0.02	$0.02	N/A	-$0.05	$125.80 million	$125.75 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
JAX J. Alexander's	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
KRUS Kura Sushi USA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LUB Luby's	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PBPB Potbelly	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
JAX J. Alexander's	0.77	1.20	1.10
KRUS Kura Sushi USA	N/A	2.43	2.37
LUB Luby's	N/A	N/A	N/A
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	1.35	0.29	0.24
PBPB Potbelly	1.36	0.75	0.70

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
JAX J. Alexander's	42.78%
KRUS Kura Sushi USA	65.49%
LUB Luby's	41.89%
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	N/A
PBPB Potbelly	72.60%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
JAX J. Alexander's	21.19%
KRUS Kura Sushi USA	1.60%
LUB Luby's	24.58%
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	67.80%
PBPB Potbelly	9.10%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
JAX J. Alexander's	3,200	15.08 million	N/A	Optionable
KRUS Kura Sushi USA	3,219	11.23 million	11.05 million	Not Optionable
LUB Luby's	3,074	31.08 million	23.44 million	Optionable
MHGU Meritage Hospitality Group	12,000	6.60 million	2.13 million	Not Optionable
PBPB Potbelly	5,000	29.68 million	26.98 million	Optionable

PBPB, MHGU, KRUS, LUB, and JAX Headlines

Source	Headline
	Potbelly Corporation Announces Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2024 Results on May 8, 2024 globenewswire.com - April 17 at 4:05 PM
	Analysts Offer Insights on Consumer Cyclical Companies: Potbelly (PBPB) and Five Below (FIVE) markets.businessinsider.com - April 17 at 4:01 PM
	Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) Share Price Crosses Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average of $10.72 americanbankingnews.com - April 13 at 3:24 AM
	Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) Has More To Do To Multiply In Value Going Forward finance.yahoo.com - April 11 at 5:25 PM
	Potbelly’s New Jalapeño Popper Chicken Sandwich Is In Desperate Need Of One Thing yahoo.com - April 8 at 10:32 PM
	The 3 Best Restaurant Stocks to Buy in April 2024 investorplace.com - April 4 at 10:51 AM
	Potbelly Corp. wsj.com - April 2 at 4:32 AM
	Potbelly Co. (NASDAQ:PBPB) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts marketbeat.com - April 2 at 4:06 AM
	With 61% ownership of the shares, Potbelly Corporation (NASDAQ:PBPB) is heavily dominated by institutional owners finance.yahoo.com - March 26 at 8:06 AM
	Potbelly Sandwich Works opens new Springfield Location at Memorial Learning Center newschannel20.com - March 21 at 4:35 PM
	Potbelly Announces Upcoming Opening in Springfield, Illinois qsrmagazine.com - March 20 at 3:32 PM
	Robert D. Wright Acquires 1,750 Shares of Potbelly Co. (NASDAQ:PBPB) Stock insidertrades.com - March 17 at 6:00 AM
	PBPB Apr 2024 8.000 put finance.yahoo.com - March 16 at 4:59 AM
	Steven Cirulis Buys 1,000 Shares of Potbelly Co. (NASDAQ:PBPB) Stock insidertrades.com - March 15 at 12:00 PM
	Potbelly Preps for Biggest Development Cycle in Years qsrmagazine.com - March 11 at 10:48 AM
	Potbelly Releases Three Weeks of Special Deals for NCAA Tournament qsrmagazine.com - March 11 at 10:48 AM
	5 Restaurant Stocks to Add to Your Portfolio on Soaring Sales zacks.com - March 11 at 10:16 AM
	Fast-paced Momentum Stock Potbelly (PBPB) Is Still Trading at a Bargain zacks.com - March 11 at 9:51 AM
	Do Potbelly's (NASDAQ:PBPB) Earnings Warrant Your Attention? finance.yahoo.com - March 9 at 10:10 AM
	Potbelly attributable net income rises marginally in Q4 2023 verdictfoodservice.com - March 8 at 1:11 PM
	Revamped loyalty program drives sales at Potbelly restaurantbusinessonline.com - March 8 at 1:11 PM
	Potbelly modifies its Perks loyalty program nrn.com - March 8 at 1:11 PM
	Potbelly Corporation (NASDAQ:PBPB) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript finance.yahoo.com - March 8 at 1:11 PM
	Potbelly CEO explains the 'five pillar strategy' fostering growth finance.yahoo.com - March 8 at 1:11 PM

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Company Descriptions

J. Alexander's

NYSE:JAX

J. Alexander's Holdings, Inc. owns and operates complementary upscale dining restaurant concepts. It manages and controls J. Alexander's, Redlands Grill, Overland Park Grill, Merus Grill, and Stoney River Steakhouse & Grill. The company was founded on August 15, 2014 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Kura Sushi USA

NASDAQ:KRUS

Kura Sushi USA, Inc. operates technology-enabled Japanese restaurants in the United States. The company was formerly known as Kula Sushi USA, Inc. and changed its name to Kura Sushi USA, Inc. in October 2017. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. Kura Sushi USA, Inc. is a subsidiary of Kura Sushi, Inc.

Luby's

NYSE:LUB

Luby's, Inc. is in liquidation. Previously, it provided restaurant services in the United States. As of November 19, 2021, the company operated 18 casual dining restaurants; and owned 24 properties. It also operated four Fuddruckers locations; and 14 Luby's cafeterias. The company was formerly known as Luby's Cafeterias, Inc. Luby's, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Meritage Hospitality Group

OTCMKTS:MHGU

Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. operates quick-service and casual dining restaurants. The company operates restaurants under the Wendy's, Morning Belle, and Stan's Tacos, as well as Taco John's brand names in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. It is also involved in franchising activities. The company was formerly known as Thomas Edison Inns, Inc. and changed its name to Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. in May 1996. Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Potbelly

NASDAQ:PBPB

Potbelly Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and franchises Potbelly sandwich shops in the United States. The company was formerly known as Potbelly Sandwich Works, Inc. and changed its name to Potbelly Corporation in 2002. Potbelly Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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