ARKR vs. STKS, GENK, HCHL, THCH, CNTY, LVO, FATBB, FAT, NDLS, and SOND
Should you be buying Ark Restaurants stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ark Restaurants include ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), Happy City (HCHL), TH International (THCH), Century Casinos (CNTY), LiveOne (LVO), FAT Brands (FATBB), FAT Brands (FAT), Noodles & Company (NDLS), and Sonder (SOND). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Ark Restaurants vs. Its Competitors
ONE Group Hospitality (NASDAQ:STKS) and Ark Restaurants (NASDAQ:ARKR) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
ONE Group Hospitality has a net margin of -1.60% compared to Ark Restaurants' net margin of -5.55%. ONE Group Hospitality's return on equity of 48.46% beat Ark Restaurants' return on equity.
ONE Group Hospitality presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.10%. Given ONE Group Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ONE Group Hospitality is more favorable than Ark Restaurants.
In the previous week, ONE Group Hospitality had 9 more articles in the media than Ark Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ONE Group Hospitality and 0 mentions for Ark Restaurants. ONE Group Hospitality's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Ark Restaurants' score of 0.00 indicating that ONE Group Hospitality is being referred to more favorably in the media.
29.1% of ONE Group Hospitality shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Ark Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.1% of ONE Group Hospitality 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ONE Group Hospitality has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ark Restaurants has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ark Restaurants has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
ONE Group Hospitality beats Ark Restaurants on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ARKR) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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