NDLS vs. HCHL, THCH, CNTY, LVO, FATBB, FAT, ARKR, SOND, GTIM, and YOSH
Should you be buying Noodles & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Noodles & Company include Happy City (HCHL), TH International (THCH), Century Casinos (CNTY), LiveOne (LVO), FAT Brands (FATBB), FAT Brands (FAT), Ark Restaurants (ARKR), Sonder (SOND), Good Times Restaurants (GTIM), and Yoshiharu Global (YOSH). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Noodles & Company vs. Its Competitors
Happy City (NASDAQ:HCHL) and Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Noodles & Company has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 268.55%. Given Noodles & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Noodles & Company is more favorable than Happy City.
Happy City has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Noodles & Company's net margin of -7.89%. Happy City's return on equity of 0.00% beat Noodles & Company's return on equity.
In the previous week, Happy City's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Noodles & Company'saverage media sentiment score.
Happy City has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Noodles & Company.
65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Noodles & Company shares are held 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.
Summary
Noodles & Company beats Happy City on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NDLS) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff