LVO vs. LOCO, CVEO, PBPB, GENK, GHG, FLL, MRNO, STKS, FAT, and CNTY
Should you be buying LiveOne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LiveOne include El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Civeo (CVEO), Potbelly (PBPB), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Full House Resorts (FLL), Murano Global Investments (MRNO), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), FAT Brands (FAT), and Century Casinos (CNTY). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
LiveOne vs.
El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) and LiveOne (NASDAQ:LVO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LiveOne has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% 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.
El Pollo Loco has a net margin of 5.11% compared to LiveOne's net margin of -5.40%. El Pollo Loco's return on equity of 10.34% beat LiveOne's return on equity.
81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of LiveOne shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of LiveOne shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
El Pollo Loco received 352 more outperform votes than LiveOne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.37% of users gave El Pollo Loco an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave LiveOne an outperform vote.
El Pollo Loco currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.85%. LiveOne has a consensus target price of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 129.17%. Given LiveOne's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LiveOne is more favorable than El Pollo Loco.
In the previous week, LiveOne had 1 more articles in the media than El Pollo Loco. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LiveOne and 4 mentions for El Pollo Loco. El Pollo Loco's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat LiveOne's score of 0.17 indicating that El Pollo Loco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
El Pollo Loco beats LiveOne on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LVO) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff