FAT Brands (FAT) Competitors

GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) and FAT Brands (NASDAQ:FAT) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is GENK or FAT more profitable?

GEN Restaurant Group has a net margin of 0.39% compared to FAT Brands' net margin of -24.53%. GEN Restaurant Group's return on equity of 1.83% beat FAT Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GEN Restaurant Group	0.39%	1.83%	0.37%
FAT Brands	-24.53%	N/A	-10.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GENK or FAT?

FAT Brands received 154 more outperform votes than GEN Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.12% of users gave GEN Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 61.59% of users gave FAT Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GEN Restaurant Group	Outperform Votes 16 94.12%	Underperform Votes 1 5.88%
FAT Brands	Outperform Votes 170 61.59%	Underperform Votes 106 38.41%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GENK or FAT?

10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of FAT Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 59.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of FAT Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GENK or FAT?

GEN Restaurant Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FAT Brands. GEN Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FAT Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GEN Restaurant Group	$208.38M	0.59	$8.41M	-$0.03	-123.00
FAT Brands	$582.70M	0.07	-$90.11M	-$11.96	-0.19

Does the media refer more to GENK or FAT?

In the previous week, GEN Restaurant Group and GEN Restaurant Group both had 4 articles in the media. FAT Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat GEN Restaurant Group's score of -0.34 indicating that FAT Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GEN Restaurant Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FAT Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer GENK or FAT?

GEN Restaurant Group presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 171.00%. FAT Brands has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 331.03%. Given FAT Brands' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FAT Brands is more favorable than GEN Restaurant Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GEN Restaurant Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
FAT Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, GENK or FAT?

GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FAT Brands has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GEN Restaurant Group beats FAT Brands on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.