ARKR vs. STKS, THCH, CNTY, LVO, HCHL, FATBB, NDLS, FAT, SOND, and GTIM
Should you be buying Ark Restaurants stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ark Restaurants include ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), TH International (THCH), Century Casinos (CNTY), LiveOne (LVO), Happy City (HCHL), FAT Brands (FATBB), Noodles & Company (NDLS), FAT Brands (FAT), Sonder (SOND), and Good Times Restaurants (GTIM). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Ark Restaurants vs. Its Competitors
Ark Restaurants (NASDAQ:ARKR) and ONE Group Hospitality (NASDAQ:STKS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Ark Restaurants has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ONE Group Hospitality. ONE Group Hospitality is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ark Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
32.0% of Ark Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of ONE Group Hospitality shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.7% of Ark Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of ONE Group Hospitality shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, ONE Group Hospitality had 3 more articles in the media than Ark Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ONE Group Hospitality and 1 mentions for Ark Restaurants. Ark Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat ONE Group Hospitality's score of 0.31 indicating that Ark Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ONE Group Hospitality has a consensus target price of $4.63, indicating a potential upside of 64.30%. Given ONE Group Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ONE Group Hospitality is more favorable than Ark Restaurants.
Ark Restaurants has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ONE Group Hospitality has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ONE Group Hospitality has a net margin of -1.91% compared to Ark Restaurants' net margin of -8.15%. ONE Group Hospitality's return on equity of 69.82% beat Ark Restaurants' return on equity.
Summary
ONE Group Hospitality beats Ark Restaurants on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ARKR) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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