GENK vs. LOCO, CVEO, GHG, MRNO, FLL, THCH, CNTY, STKS, HCHL, and LVO
Should you be buying GEN Restaurant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GEN Restaurant Group include El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Civeo (CVEO), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Murano Global BV (MRNO), Full House Resorts (FLL), TH International (THCH), Century Casinos (CNTY), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Happy City (HCHL), and LiveOne (LVO). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
GEN Restaurant Group vs. Its Competitors
GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) and El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) 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 valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are held by institutional investors. 59.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of El Pollo Loco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, El Pollo Loco had 7 more articles in the media than GEN Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for El Pollo Loco and 3 mentions for GEN Restaurant Group. GEN Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat El Pollo Loco's score of 0.40 indicating that GEN Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
El Pollo Loco has a net margin of 5.15% compared to GEN Restaurant Group's net margin of -0.34%. El Pollo Loco's return on equity of 9.83% beat GEN Restaurant Group's return on equity.
El Pollo Loco has higher revenue and earnings than GEN Restaurant Group. GEN Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than El Pollo Loco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GEN Restaurant Group currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 170.27%. El Pollo Loco has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.68%. Given GEN Restaurant Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than El Pollo Loco.
GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
El Pollo Loco beats GEN Restaurant Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:GENK) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
