LVO vs. LOCO, CVEO, GHG, FLL, GENK, THCH, STKS, CNTY, HCHL, and FATBB
Should you be buying LiveOne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LiveOne include El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Civeo (CVEO), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Full House Resorts (FLL), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), TH International (THCH), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Century Casinos (CNTY), Happy City (HCHL), and FAT Brands (FATBB). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
LiveOne vs. Its Competitors
El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) and LiveOne (NASDAQ:LVO) are both small-cap restaurants, hotels, motels 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 has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LiveOne has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
El Pollo Loco has higher revenue and earnings than LiveOne. LiveOne 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.
In the previous week, El Pollo Loco had 5 more articles in the media than LiveOne. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for El Pollo Loco and 2 mentions for LiveOne. El Pollo Loco's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat LiveOne's score of 0.00 indicating that El Pollo Loco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
El Pollo Loco has a net margin of 5.15% compared to LiveOne's net margin of -14.16%. El Pollo Loco's return on equity of 9.83% beat LiveOne's return on equity.
El Pollo Loco currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.64%. LiveOne has a consensus price target of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 147.81%. Given LiveOne's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LiveOne is more favorable than El Pollo Loco.
81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of LiveOne shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of LiveOne 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.
Summary
El Pollo Loco beats LiveOne on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:LVO) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
