GENK vs. LOCO, CVEO, MRNO, GHG, FLL, THCH, STKS, CNTY, LVO, and HCHL
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), Murano Global BV (MRNO), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Full House Resorts (FLL), TH International (THCH), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Century Casinos (CNTY), LiveOne (LVO), and Happy City (HCHL). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
GEN Restaurant Group vs. Its Competitors
El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) and GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
El Pollo Loco currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 81.31%. GEN Restaurant Group has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 165.78%. Given GEN Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than El Pollo Loco.
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.
In the previous week, GEN Restaurant Group had 2 more articles in the media than El Pollo Loco. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for GEN Restaurant Group and 2 mentions for El Pollo Loco. GEN Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat El Pollo Loco's score of 0.41 indicating that GEN Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of El Pollo Loco 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
El Pollo Loco beats GEN Restaurant Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GENK) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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