Nathan's Famous (NATH) Competitors

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

Is PZZA or NATH more profitable?

Nathan's Famous has a net margin of 16.19% compared to Papa Johns International's net margin of 4.51%. Papa Johns International's return on equity of -19.61% beat Nathan's Famous' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Papa Johns International	4.51%	-19.61%	10.04%
Nathan's Famous	16.19%	-96.05%	44.34%

Does the media refer more to PZZA or NATH?

In the previous week, Papa Johns International had 5 more articles in the media than Nathan's Famous. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Papa Johns International and 4 mentions for Nathan's Famous. Papa Johns International's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Nathan's Famous' score of 0.25 indicating that Papa Johns International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Papa Johns International	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nathan's Famous	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PZZA or NATH?

Papa Johns International received 357 more outperform votes than Nathan's Famous when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.12% of users gave Nathan's Famous an outperform vote while only 61.77% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Papa Johns International	Outperform Votes 517 61.77%	Underperform Votes 320 38.23%
Nathan's Famous	Outperform Votes 160 66.12%	Underperform Votes 82 33.88%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PZZA or NATH?

66.5% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Papa Johns International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.7% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, PZZA or NATH?

Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nathan's Famous has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PZZA or NATH?

Papa Johns International presently has a consensus price target of $51.25, indicating a potential upside of 20.50%. Given Papa Johns International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Papa Johns International is more favorable than Nathan's Famous.

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

Is PZZA or NATH a better dividend stock?

Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Nathan's Famous pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Papa Johns 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. Nathan's Famous pays out 34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa Johns International has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Papa Johns International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PZZA or NATH?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Papa Johns International	$2.06B	0.67	$82.10M	$2.35	18.10
Nathan's Famous	$146.39M	2.85	$19.62M	$5.80	17.61

Summary

Papa Johns International beats Nathan's Famous on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.