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NDLS vs. GENK, MRNO, FLL, THCH, STKS, LVO, FATBB, FAT, CNTY, and ARKR

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

Noodles & Company vs.

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

In the previous week, GEN Restaurant Group had 1 more articles in the media than Noodles & Company. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for GEN Restaurant Group and 1 mentions for Noodles & Company. Noodles & Company's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat GEN Restaurant Group's score of 0.97 indicating that Noodles & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
GEN Restaurant Group Positive
Noodles & Company Very Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GEN Restaurant Group$208.38M0.71$8.41M$0.1431.71
Noodles & Company$493.27M0.09-$9.86M-$0.80-1.26

Noodles & Company received 372 more outperform votes than GEN Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.75% of users gave GEN Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 55.52% of users gave Noodles & Company an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GEN Restaurant GroupOutperform Votes
15
93.75%
Underperform Votes
1
6.25%
Noodles & CompanyOutperform Votes
387
55.52%
Underperform Votes
310
44.48%

10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by 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.

GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

GEN Restaurant Group presently has a consensus price target of $11.63, indicating a potential upside of 161.82%. Noodles & Company has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 196.74%. Given Noodles & Company's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Noodles & Company is more favorable than GEN Restaurant Group.

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

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
GEN Restaurant Group0.39% 1.83% 0.37%
Noodles & Company -6.59%-108.23%-4.78%

Summary

GEN Restaurant Group beats Noodles & Company on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NDLS vs. The Competition

MetricNoodles & CompanyEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$46.41M$8.92B$24.20B$7.95B
Dividend YieldN/A4.47%170.05%4.22%
P/E Ratio-1.3826.7822.9518.58
Price / Sales0.091.894.25103.49
Price / Cash3.2919.1719.4134.62
Price / Book1.695.335.744.25
Net Income-$9.86M$318.00M$786.75M$248.18M
7 Day Performance6.42%2.61%0.72%1.36%
1 Month Performance-7.25%-4.89%-1.95%3.85%
1 Year Performance-34.77%-7.35%2.95%5.37%

Noodles & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NDLS
Noodles & Company
3.8369 of 5 stars
$1.01
+3.2%
$3.00
+196.7%
-35.1%$46.41M$493.27M-1.388,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Up
GENK
GEN Restaurant Group
2.9109 of 5 stars
$4.09
-3.8%
$11.63
+184.2%
-55.3%$135.53M$208.38M24.062,500
MRNO
Murano Global Investments
1.4189 of 5 stars
$9.05
-0.5%
N/A-6.6%$127.99M$729.95M0.00N/A
FLL
Full House Resorts
2.467 of 5 stars
$2.92
+0.3%
$6.33
+116.9%
-36.7%$105.05M$292.07M-2.471,160Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
THCH
TH International
1.0413 of 5 stars
$2.67
-2.0%
N/A-90.0%$88.44M$1.45B-1.053Gap Down
STKS
ONE Group Hospitality
1.9806 of 5 stars
$2.79
+0.4%
$4.50
+61.3%
-43.8%$86.57M$673.34M-3.493,360Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
LVO
LiveOne
1.9989 of 5 stars
$0.61
-4.3%
$1.50
+144.2%
-53.8%$59.03M$126.02M-4.73180News Coverage
FATBB
FAT Brands
0.8794 of 5 stars
$2.43
+1.7%
N/A-57.0%$43.24M$592.65M-0.265,200Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
FAT
FAT Brands
2.4146 of 5 stars
$2.35
-6.4%
$12.00
+410.6%
-63.5%$41.81M$592.65M-0.255,200Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
CNTY
Century Casinos
3.6079 of 5 stars
$1.35
+0.7%
$5.50
+307.4%
-55.9%$41.42M$575.92M-0.562,290Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
ARKR
Ark Restaurants
1.6411 of 5 stars
$8.50
+0.8%
N/A-31.9%$30.63M$181.05M-14.651,900Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:NDLS) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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