LVO vs. PBPB, CVEO, LOCO, GHG, MRNO, GENK, STKS, FLL, THCH, and CNTY
Should you be buying LiveOne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LiveOne include Potbelly (PBPB), Civeo (CVEO), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Murano Global Investments (MRNO), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Full House Resorts (FLL), TH International (THCH), and Century Casinos (CNTY). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
LiveOne vs.
Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) and LiveOne (NASDAQ:LVO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
Potbelly has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LiveOne has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Potbelly had 6 more articles in the media than LiveOne. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Potbelly and 1 mentions for LiveOne. Potbelly's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat LiveOne's score of 0.00 indicating that Potbelly is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Potbelly received 337 more outperform votes than LiveOne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.11% of users gave Potbelly an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave LiveOne an outperform vote.
72.6% of Potbelly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of LiveOne shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Potbelly shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of LiveOne shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Potbelly has a net margin of 8.14% compared to LiveOne's net margin of -8.11%. Potbelly's return on equity of 18.69% beat LiveOne's return on equity.
Potbelly has higher revenue and earnings than LiveOne. LiveOne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Potbelly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Potbelly currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.84%. LiveOne has a consensus price target of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 83.24%. Given LiveOne's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LiveOne is more favorable than Potbelly.
Summary
Potbelly beats LiveOne on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LVO) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff