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NDLS vs. PTLO, GHG, FLL, LVO, and HCHL

Should you buy Noodles & Company stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Noodles & Company with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Noodles & Company include Portillo's (PTLO), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Full House Resorts (FLL), LiveOne (LVO), and Happy City (HCHL). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

How does Noodles & Company compare to Portillo's?

Portillo's (NASDAQ:PTLO) and Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

In the previous week, Portillo's had 6 more articles in the media than Noodles & Company. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Portillo's and 2 mentions for Noodles & Company. Noodles & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Portillo's' score of 0.33 indicating that Noodles & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Portillo's
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Noodles & Company
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Portillo's has a net margin of 2.12% compared to Noodles & Company's net margin of -7.46%. Portillo's' return on equity of 3.17% beat Noodles & Company's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Portillo's2.12% 3.17% 0.98%
Noodles & Company -7.46%N/A -5.63%

Portillo's has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the broader market.

98.3% of Portillo's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Portillo's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Noodles & Company shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Portillo's has higher revenue and earnings than Noodles & Company. Noodles & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Portillo's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Portillo's$732.07M0.44$19.34M$0.2120.43
Noodles & Company$495.08M0.17-$42.57M-$6.38N/A

Portillo's presently has a consensus price target of $7.02, indicating a potential upside of 63.66%. Given Portillo's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Portillo's is more favorable than Noodles & Company.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Portillo's
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08
Noodles & Company
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Summary

Portillo's beats Noodles & Company on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Noodles & Company compare to GreenTree Hospitality Group?

GreenTree Hospitality Group (NYSE:GHG) and Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) are both small-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

GreenTree Hospitality Group has higher revenue and earnings than Noodles & Company. GreenTree Hospitality 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
GreenTree Hospitality Group$1.10B0.10$23.85M-$0.01N/A
Noodles & Company$495.08M0.17-$42.57M-$6.38N/A

8.1% of GreenTree Hospitality Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 88.7% of GreenTree Hospitality Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GreenTree Hospitality Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Noodles & Company
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

In the previous week, Noodles & Company had 1 more articles in the media than GreenTree Hospitality Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Noodles & Company and 1 mentions for GreenTree Hospitality Group. GreenTree Hospitality Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Noodles & Company's score of 0.94 indicating that GreenTree Hospitality Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
GreenTree Hospitality Group Positive
Noodles & Company Positive

GreenTree Hospitality Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Noodles & Company's net margin of -7.46%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GreenTree Hospitality GroupN/A N/A N/A
Noodles & Company -7.46%N/A -5.63%

GreenTree Hospitality Group has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the broader market.

Summary

GreenTree Hospitality Group beats Noodles & Company on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Noodles & Company compare to Full House Resorts?

Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) and Full House Resorts (NASDAQ:FLL) are both small-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Noodles & Company has a net margin of -7.46% compared to Full House Resorts' net margin of -12.79%. Noodles & Company's return on equity of 0.00% beat Full House Resorts' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Noodles & Company-7.46% N/A -5.63%
Full House Resorts -12.79%-473.31%-5.99%

Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Full House Resorts has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the broader market.

Full House Resorts has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Noodles & Company. Full House Resorts 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$495.08M0.17-$42.57M-$6.38N/A
Full House Resorts$302.38M0.34-$40.20M-$1.07N/A

Full House Resorts has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.45%. Given Full House Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Full House Resorts is more favorable than Noodles & Company.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Noodles & Company
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Full House Resorts
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of Full House Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Full House Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Full House Resorts had 2 more articles in the media than Noodles & Company. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Full House Resorts and 2 mentions for Noodles & Company. Noodles & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Full House Resorts' score of 0.47 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)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Full House Resorts
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Noodles & Company and Full House Resorts tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Noodles & Company compare to LiveOne?

Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) and LiveOne (NASDAQ:LVO) are both small-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.

65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of LiveOne shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of LiveOne shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Noodles & Company has a net margin of -7.46% compared to LiveOne's net margin of -27.31%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Noodles & Company-7.46% N/A -5.63%
LiveOne -27.31%N/A -33.89%

LiveOne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Noodles & Company. LiveOne 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$495.08M0.17-$42.57M-$6.38N/A
LiveOne$114.40M0.73-$18.71M-$2.09N/A

Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, LiveOne has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Noodles & Company and Noodles & Company both had 2 articles in the media. Noodles & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat LiveOne's score of 0.30 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)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
LiveOne
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

LiveOne has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 101.94%. Given LiveOne's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LiveOne is more favorable than Noodles & Company.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Noodles & Company
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
LiveOne
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

LiveOne beats Noodles & Company on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Noodles & Company compare to Happy City?

Happy City (NASDAQ:HCHL) and Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Happy City had 1 more articles in the media than Noodles & Company. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Happy City and 2 mentions for Noodles & Company. Noodles & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Happy City's score of 0.72 indicating that Noodles & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Happy City
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Noodles & Company
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Happy City has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Noodles & Company.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Happy City$6.80M10.86N/AN/AN/A
Noodles & Company$495.08M0.17-$42.57M-$6.38N/A

65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Noodles & Company shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Happy City has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Noodles & Company's net margin of -7.46%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Happy CityN/A N/A N/A
Noodles & Company -7.46%N/A -5.63%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Happy City
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Noodles & Company
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Summary

Noodles & Company beats Happy City on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NDLS vs. The Competition

MetricNoodles & CompanyRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$82.67M$11.09B$26.52B$11.73B
Dividend YieldN/A2.80%178.44%5.62%
P/E Ratio-2.2027.4319.6223.79
Price / Sales0.171.663.7485.09
Price / Cash12.7114.5014.5654.72
Price / Book-1.814.826.256.73
Net Income-$42.57M$392.96M$963.17M$337.26M
7 Day Performance7.38%6.00%1.20%-2.07%
1 Month Performance16.46%4.74%1.92%0.68%
1 Year Performance99.26%-12.10%-0.31%24.60%

Noodles & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NDLS
Noodles & Company
0.5424 of 5 stars
$14.03
+3.0%
N/A+100.9%$82.67M$495.08MN/A6,500
PTLO
Portillo's
4.8689 of 5 stars
$3.96
+1.3%
$7.02
+77.3%
-63.8%$296.40M$732.07M18.867,890
GHG
GreenTree Hospitality Group
1.61 of 5 stars
$1.15
+1.3%
N/A-47.0%$114.01M$156.92MN/A2,287
FLL
Full House Resorts
2.2041 of 5 stars
$2.44
+0.8%
$4.00
+63.9%
-11.9%$87.76M$302.38MN/A1,847
LVO
LiveOne
2.2555 of 5 stars
$6.14
-4.2%
$12.50
+103.6%
-25.3%$86.42M$114.40MN/A180

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