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Famous Dave's of America (DAVE) Competitors

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DAVE vs. UPST, BUR, RIOT, CORZ, CLSK, WD, LU, PWP, HUT, and BTDR

Should you be buying Famous Dave's of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Famous Dave's of America include Upstart (UPST), Burford Capital (BUR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Core Scientific (CORZ), CleanSpark (CLSK), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Lufax (LU), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Hut 8 (HUT), and Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.

Famous Dave's of America vs.

Upstart (NASDAQ:UPST) and Famous Dave's of America (NASDAQ:DAVE) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Famous Dave's of America received 136 more outperform votes than Upstart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.97% of users gave Famous Dave's of America an outperform vote while only 32.43% of users gave Upstart an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UpstartOutperform Votes
60
32.43%
Underperform Votes
125
67.57%
Famous Dave's of AmericaOutperform Votes
196
52.97%
Underperform Votes
174
47.03%

63.0% of Upstart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.0% of Famous Dave's of America shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Upstart shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Famous Dave's of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Famous Dave's of America has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Upstart. Upstart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Famous Dave's of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Upstart$714.41M5.97-$128.58M-$0.75-59.75
Famous Dave's of America$259.09M9.83-$48.52M$3.1363.79

Famous Dave's of America has a net margin of 12.92% compared to Upstart's net margin of -20.20%. Famous Dave's of America's return on equity of 17.16% beat Upstart's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Upstart-20.20% -25.87% -7.95%
Famous Dave's of America 12.92%17.16%8.38%

Upstart has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Famous Dave's of America has a beta of 3.54, meaning that its share price is 254% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Upstart presently has a consensus price target of $63.81, indicating a potential upside of 42.38%. Famous Dave's of America has a consensus price target of $172.83, indicating a potential downside of 13.43%. Given Upstart's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Upstart is more favorable than Famous Dave's of America.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Upstart
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
Famous Dave's of America
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

In the previous week, Upstart had 7 more articles in the media than Famous Dave's of America. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Upstart and 0 mentions for Famous Dave's of America. Upstart's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Famous Dave's of America's score of 0.00 indicating that Upstart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Upstart Neutral
Famous Dave's of America Neutral

Summary

Famous Dave's of America beats Upstart on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DAVE vs. The Competition

MetricFamous Dave's of AmericaNondepository credit institutions IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.40B$7.85B$24.22B$8.30B
Dividend YieldN/A4.35%2.48%4.10%
P/E Ratio63.5417.1432.7719.58
Price / Sales9.837.41271.56119.86
Price / CashN/A42.1530.9334.62
Price / Book27.962.465.384.47
Net Income-$48.52M$524.31M$195.96M$248.30M

Famous Dave's of America Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAVE
Famous Dave's of America
1.5743 of 5 stars
$198.22
+141.7%
$172.83
-12.8%
+347.3%$1.40B$259.09M63.54101Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
UPST
Upstart
4.23 of 5 stars
$52.96
+12.3%
$63.42
+19.8%
+87.5%$5.04B$714.41M-36.271,880Insider Trade
Gap Down
BUR
Burford Capital
3.667 of 5 stars
$14.28
+3.5%
$19.50
+36.6%
-5.9%$3.13B$341.23M12.31140News Coverage
Gap Up
RIOT
Riot Platforms
3.6776 of 5 stars
$8.70
+2.6%
$16.59
+90.7%
-17.1%$3.11B$458.75M20.23340Gap Up
CORZ
Core Scientific
2.8477 of 5 stars
$9.88
+6.0%
$19.07
+93.0%
+161.0%$2.91B$510.67M-1.83200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
CLSK
CleanSpark
3.5009 of 5 stars
$9.62
+4.6%
$21.57
+124.2%
-46.5%$2.70B$467.49M87.46130Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
WD
Walker & Dunlop
4.23 of 5 stars
$75.89
+6.9%
$102.50
+35.1%
-32.4%$2.58B$1.14B23.791,450Positive News
LU
Lufax
1.254 of 5 stars
$2.86
+4.2%
$2.98
+4.2%
-33.2%$2.47B$20.29B-3.7192,400Gap Up
PWP
Perella Weinberg Partners
2.1643 of 5 stars
$18.88
+6.8%
$23.00
+21.8%
+14.1%$1.64B$987.74M-11.95600Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HUT
Hut 8
3.4544 of 5 stars
$15.52
+11.7%
$26.00
+67.5%
+73.4%$1.62B$254.83M0.00219Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BTDR
Bitdeer Technologies Group
2.5582 of 5 stars
$14.18
+0.4%
$19.80
+39.6%
+155.6%$1.59B$349.78M-27.27211Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:DAVE) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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