LOCO vs. NATH, GENK, PBPB, STKS, FAT, RRGB, DENN, BH, NDLS, and CHUY
Should you be buying El Pollo Loco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of El Pollo Loco include Nathan's Famous (NATH), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), Potbelly (PBPB), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), FAT Brands (FAT), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Denny's (DENN), Biglari (BH), Noodles & Company (NDLS), and Chuy's (CHUY). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) and El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Nathan's Famous has a net margin of 13.84% compared to Nathan's Famous' net margin of 5.45%. Nathan's Famous' return on equity of 9.20% beat El Pollo Loco's return on equity.
In the previous week, Nathan's Famous had 9 more articles in the media than El Pollo Loco. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Nathan's Famous and 4 mentions for El Pollo Loco. El Pollo Loco's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Nathan's Famous' score of -0.14 indicating that Nathan's Famous is being referred to more favorably in the media.
El Pollo Loco received 203 more outperform votes than Nathan's Famous when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.35% of users gave Nathan's Famous an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave El Pollo Loco an outperform vote.
Nathan's Famous has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
El Pollo Loco has higher revenue and earnings than Nathan's Famous. El Pollo Loco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nathan's Famous, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.5% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are held by institutional investors. 31.6% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of El Pollo Loco shares are held 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.
Summary
Nathan's Famous beats El Pollo Loco on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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