GENK vs. BALY, PBPB, CVEO, LOCO, GHG, FLL, STKS, THCH, HCHL, and LVO
Should you be buying GEN Restaurant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GEN Restaurant Group include Bally's (BALY), Potbelly (PBPB), Civeo (CVEO), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Full House Resorts (FLL), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), TH International (THCH), Happy City (HCHL), and LiveOne (LVO). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
GEN Restaurant Group vs. Its Competitors
Bally's (NYSE:BALY) and GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) are both small-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
70.4% of Bally's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.9% of Bally's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 59.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, GEN Restaurant Group had 3 more articles in the media than Bally's. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for GEN Restaurant Group and 1 mentions for Bally's. GEN Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Bally's' score of 0.00 indicating that GEN Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GEN Restaurant Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bally's. GEN Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bally's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GEN Restaurant Group has a net margin of -0.09% compared to Bally's' net margin of -16.95%. GEN Restaurant Group's return on equity of 0.95% beat Bally's' return on equity.
Bally's has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bally's currently has a consensus price target of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 61.27%. GEN Restaurant Group has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 138.10%. Given GEN Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than Bally's.
Summary
GEN Restaurant Group beats Bally's on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GENK) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
