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$0.80 -0.04 (-4.88%)
Closing price 05/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$0.83 +0.03 (+3.37%)
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NDLS vs. GENK, STKS, FLL, THCH, LVO, CNTY, FATBB, FAT, ARKR, and SOND

Should you be buying Noodles & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Noodles & Company include GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Full House Resorts (FLL), TH International (THCH), LiveOne (LVO), Century Casinos (CNTY), FAT Brands (FATBB), FAT Brands (FAT), Ark Restaurants (ARKR), and Sonder (SOND). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

Noodles & Company vs.

Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) and GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

In the previous week, Noodles & Company and Noodles & Company both had 4 articles in the media. Noodles & Company's average media sentiment score of -0.08 beat GEN Restaurant Group's score of -0.34 indicating that Noodles & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Noodles & Company
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
GEN Restaurant Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Noodles & Company currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 275.00%. GEN Restaurant Group has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 171.00%. Given Noodles & Company's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Noodles & Company is more favorable than GEN Restaurant Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Noodles & Company
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
GEN Restaurant Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

GEN Restaurant Group has a net margin of 0.39% compared to Noodles & Company's net margin of -6.59%. GEN Restaurant Group's return on equity of 1.83% beat Noodles & Company's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Noodles & Company-6.59% -108.23% -4.78%
GEN Restaurant Group 0.39%1.83%0.37%

GEN Restaurant Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Noodles & Company. GEN Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Noodles & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Noodles & Company$495.67M0.07-$9.86M-$0.86-0.93
GEN Restaurant Group$208.38M0.59$8.41M-$0.03-123.00

65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Noodles & Company shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Noodles & Company received 371 more outperform votes than GEN Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.12% of users gave GEN Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 55.44% of users gave Noodles & Company an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Noodles & CompanyOutperform Votes
387
55.44%
Underperform Votes
311
44.56%
GEN Restaurant GroupOutperform Votes
16
94.12%
Underperform Votes
1
5.88%

Summary

GEN Restaurant Group beats Noodles & Company on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NDLS vs. The Competition

MetricNoodles & CompanyEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$36.76M$8.88B$25.04B$8.38B
Dividend YieldN/A3.75%169.79%4.11%
P/E Ratio-1.1026.5124.1819.71
Price / Sales0.071.873.96117.39
Price / Cash3.2919.1719.4134.62
Price / Book1.335.526.114.50
Net Income-$9.86M$318.00M$784.05M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-3.73%-3.73%-1.33%1.14%
1 Month Performance-9.09%6.21%11.59%15.20%
1 Year Performance-60.98%-9.57%6.90%6.56%

Noodles & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NDLS
Noodles & Company
3.6655 of 5 stars
$0.80
-4.9%
$3.00
+275.0%
-61.0%$36.76M$495.67M-1.108,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
GENK
GEN Restaurant Group
2.8732 of 5 stars
$4.06
+0.2%
$10.00
+146.3%
-69.7%$134.54M$208.38M23.882,500
STKS
ONE Group Hospitality
1.2801 of 5 stars
$4.30
+0.9%
$4.50
+4.7%
-31.6%$132.88M$799.48M-5.383,360Positive News
Gap Down
FLL
Full House Resorts
1.8313 of 5 stars
$3.42
-6.8%
$5.67
+65.7%
-30.8%$123.04M$297.20M-2.901,160Gap Up
THCH
TH International
0.6461 of 5 stars
$2.84
+6.0%
N/A-90.9%$94.24M$1.39B-1.113Gap Down
LVO
LiveOne
1.3976 of 5 stars
$0.89
-6.9%
$1.50
+68.5%
-54.5%$85.52M$126.02M-6.85180News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CNTY
Century Casinos
2.6715 of 5 stars
$1.68
-7.4%
$5.00
+197.6%
-31.1%$51.55M$570.35M-0.692,290Gap Up
FATBB
FAT Brands
0.8718 of 5 stars
$2.83
+2.9%
N/A-51.3%$50.35M$582.70M-0.315,200
FAT
FAT Brands
2.2242 of 5 stars
$2.52
-1.2%
$10.00
+296.8%
-55.3%$44.91M$582.70M-0.275,200
ARKR
Ark Restaurants
1.1583 of 5 stars
$12.28
+2.9%
N/A-26.1%$44.28M$178.52M-21.171,900Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SOND
Sonder
0.0515 of 5 stars
$2.12
+1.0%
N/A-42.9%$23.46M$624.46M-0.071,600Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:NDLS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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