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$108.97 -0.45 (-0.41%)
Closing price 07/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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NATH vs. PZZA, CBRL, BJRI, BLMN, BH, DIN, RICK, JACK, DENN, and RRGB

Should you be buying Nathan's Famous stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nathan's Famous include Papa John's International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Biglari (BH), DINE BRANDS GLOBAL (DIN), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF (JACK), Denny's (DENN), and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.

Nathan's Famous vs. Its Competitors

Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) and Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, Nathan's Famous had 7 more articles in the media than Papa John's International. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nathan's Famous and 4 mentions for Papa John's International. Papa John's International's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Nathan's Famous' score of 0.36 indicating that Papa John's International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nathan's Famous
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Papa John's International
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Nathan's Famous has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa John's International has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Nathan's Famous has a net margin of 16.21% compared to Papa John's International's net margin of 3.77%. Papa John's International's return on equity of -15.72% beat Nathan's Famous' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nathan's Famous16.21% -116.79% 44.00%
Papa John's International 3.77%-15.72%7.63%

Papa John's International has higher revenue and earnings than Nathan's Famous. Nathan's Famous is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Papa John's International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nathan's Famous$148.18M3.01$24.03M$5.8718.56
Papa John's International$2.06B0.79$83.49M$2.3521.23

66.5% of Nathan's Famous shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.7% of Nathan's Famous shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Papa John's International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Nathan's Famous pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Papa John's International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Nathan's Famous pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa John's International pays out 78.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Papa John's International has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Papa John's International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Papa John's International has a consensus target price of $51.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.75%. Given Papa John's International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Papa John's International is more favorable than Nathan's Famous.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nathan's Famous
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Papa John's International
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

Summary

Papa John's International beats Nathan's Famous on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NATH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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NATH vs. The Competition

MetricNathan's FamousRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$447.47M$11.95B$26.58B$8.87B
Dividend Yield1.83%3.72%175.55%4.10%
P/E Ratio18.5639.9229.7619.90
Price / Sales3.012.154.72113.66
Price / Cash17.8018.0345.9756.90
Price / Book-26.9711.515.895.38
Net Income$24.03M$400.87M$872.48M$248.50M
7 Day Performance2.43%4.62%4.10%2.06%
1 Month Performance3.59%7.43%5.06%4.86%
1 Year Performance57.20%8.07%21.62%20.24%

Nathan's Famous Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NATH
Nathan's Famous
2.4213 of 5 stars
$108.97
-0.4%
N/A+57.0%$447.47M$148.18M18.56130News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PZZA
Papa John's International
2.1215 of 5 stars
$49.00
-1.1%
$51.25
+4.6%
+10.3%$1.62B$2.06B20.8511,400Positive News
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
4.1414 of 5 stars
$59.86
+0.4%
$53.86
-10.0%
+67.1%$1.33B$3.47B23.2077,600
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
2.5792 of 5 stars
$44.41
-3.4%
$37.20
-16.2%
+26.6%$1.02B$1.36B47.2521,000
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
3.286 of 5 stars
$9.08
-4.5%
$13.75
+51.4%
-46.4%$807.69M$3.95B-302.5781,000Positive News
BH
Biglari
1.283 of 5 stars
$291.62
+3.2%
N/A+57.7%$642.99M$362.11M-1.322,535
DIN
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL
1.3394 of 5 stars
$27.11
-0.3%
$26.29
-3.0%
-22.3%$425.02M$812.31M7.513,520
RICK
RCI Hospitality
2.7543 of 5 stars
$39.34
-0.3%
$98.00
+149.1%
-1.5%$347.27M$286.77M46.833,613
JACK
Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF
4.5164 of 5 stars
$18.03
+4.5%
$37.68
+109.0%
-57.1%$325.67M$1.57B-1.668,168Gap Up
DENN
Denny's
3.2926 of 5 stars
$4.10
-1.0%
$7.46
+81.9%
-31.2%$212.18M$452.33M12.423,800Trending News
RRGB
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
4.3849 of 5 stars
$5.00
flat
$13.38
+167.5%
+4.1%$88.68M$1.25B-1.1821,443Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:NATH) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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