ARKR vs. GENK, HCHL, THCH, LVO, CNTY, FATBB, FAT, NDLS, SOND, and GTIM
Should you be buying Ark Restaurants stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ark Restaurants include GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), Happy City (HCHL), TH International (THCH), LiveOne (LVO), Century Casinos (CNTY), FAT Brands (FATBB), FAT Brands (FAT), Noodles & Company (NDLS), Sonder (SOND), and Good Times Restaurants (GTIM). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Ark Restaurants vs. Its Competitors
GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) and Ark Restaurants (NASDAQ:ARKR) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
GEN Restaurant Group presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 155.75%. Given GEN Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than Ark Restaurants.
GEN Restaurant Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ark Restaurants. GEN Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ark Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ark Restaurants has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
GEN Restaurant Group has a net margin of -0.09% compared to Ark Restaurants' net margin of -5.55%. GEN Restaurant Group's return on equity of 0.95% beat Ark Restaurants' return on equity.
10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Ark Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.7% of Ark Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, GEN Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ark Restaurants'average media sentiment score.
Summary
GEN Restaurant Group beats Ark Restaurants on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ARKR) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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