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Various Eateries (VARE) Competitors

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GBX 9.80 -0.35 (-3.45%)
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VARE vs. MEX, TAST, RBG, HVT, HVTA, COM, NGHT, MORE, CAKE, and CPG

Should you be buying Various Eateries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Various Eateries include Tortilla Mexican Grill (MEX), Tasty (TAST), Revolution Bars Group (RBG), Heavitree Brewery (HVT), Heavitree Brewery (HVTA), Comptoir Group (COM), Nightcap (NGHT), Hostmore (MORE), Patisserie (CAKE), and Compass Group (CPG). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.

Various Eateries vs. Its Competitors

Various Eateries (LON:VARE) and Tortilla Mexican Grill (LON:MEX) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Tortilla Mexican Grill has a net margin of -1.10% compared to Various Eateries' net margin of -13.11%. Various Eateries' return on equity of -21.44% beat Tortilla Mexican Grill's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Various Eateries-13.11% -21.44% -3.07%
Tortilla Mexican Grill -1.10%-27.06%1.87%

23.2% of Various Eateries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.4% of Tortilla Mexican Grill shares are held by institutional investors. 68.2% of Various Eateries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.2% of Tortilla Mexican Grill 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.

Various Eateries has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tortilla Mexican Grill has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Tortilla Mexican Grill has higher revenue and earnings than Various Eateries. Various Eateries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tortilla Mexican Grill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Various Eateries£51.47M0.33-£6.50M-£0.01-980.00
Tortilla Mexican Grill£68.00M0.24-£708.94K-£0.09-481.40

In the previous week, Tortilla Mexican Grill had 1 more articles in the media than Various Eateries. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Tortilla Mexican Grill and 0 mentions for Various Eateries. Various Eateries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Tortilla Mexican Grill'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Various Eateries Neutral
Tortilla Mexican Grill Neutral

Summary

Various Eateries and Tortilla Mexican Grill tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VARE vs. The Competition

MetricVarious EateriesRestaurants IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£17.15M£3.16B£3.88B£2.57B
Dividend YieldN/A5.10%3.54%5.31%
P/E Ratio-980.00469.16523.035,427.87
Price / Sales0.3347.51229.2297,460.80
Price / Cash1.8143.1831.1627.93
Price / Book0.562.153.609.27
Net Income-£6.50M£96.75M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.00%-0.43%0.19%0.77%
1 Month Performance-24.03%-2.43%0.80%44.86%
1 Year Performance-45.56%-11.44%34.82%183.55%

Various Eateries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VARE
Various Eateries
N/AGBX 9.80
-3.4%
N/A-44.4%£17.15M£51.47M-980.001,013Gap Down
MEX
Tortilla Mexican Grill
N/AGBX 43
-1.1%
N/A-17.3%£16.82M£68.00M-500.001,146News Coverage
TAST
Tasty
N/AGBX 0.55
flat
N/A-52.2%£12.44M£36.62M6.291,041Gap Down
High Trading Volume
RBG
Revolution Bars Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£12M£158.90M-10.003,500Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HVT
Heavitree Brewery
N/AGBX 215
flat
N/AN/A£8.79M£7.62M556.992,840
HVTA
Heavitree Brewery
N/AGBX 160
flat
N/A-23.2%£7.83M£7.62M414.5115
COM
Comptoir Group
N/AGBX 4.43
+4.3%
N/A+13.6%£5.44M£34.62M-280.57609Gap Up
NGHT
Nightcap
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.16M£56.27M-110.001,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MORE
Hostmore
N/AN/AN/AN/A£196K£190.66M-0.704,578Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CAKE
Patisserie
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0047,500
CPG
Compass Group
3.0975 of 5 stars
GBX 2,610.61
+0.0%
GBX 2,870
+9.9%
+3.5%£44.31B£43.83B3,039.13550,000Dividend Increase

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This page (LON:VARE) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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