NDLS vs. STKS, GENK, THCH, HCHL, LVO, CNTY, FATBB, FAT, SOND, and ARKR
Should you be buying Noodles & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Noodles & Company include ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), TH International (THCH), Happy City (HCHL), LiveOne (LVO), Century Casinos (CNTY), FAT Brands (FATBB), FAT Brands (FAT), Sonder (SOND), and Ark Restaurants (ARKR). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Noodles & Company vs. Its Competitors
ONE Group Hospitality (NASDAQ:STKS) and Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
29.1% of ONE Group Hospitality shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.1% of ONE Group Hospitality shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by company 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.
ONE Group Hospitality has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ONE Group Hospitality had 6 more articles in the media than Noodles & Company. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ONE Group Hospitality and 1 mentions for Noodles & Company. Noodles & Company's average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat ONE Group Hospitality's score of 0.78 indicating that Noodles & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ONE Group Hospitality presently has a consensus target price of $4.88, indicating a potential upside of 31.40%. Noodles & Company has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 242.11%. Given Noodles & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Noodles & Company is more favorable than ONE Group Hospitality.
ONE Group Hospitality has a net margin of -1.60% compared to Noodles & Company's net margin of -7.89%. ONE Group Hospitality's return on equity of 48.46% beat Noodles & Company's return on equity.
ONE Group Hospitality has higher revenue and earnings than Noodles & Company. ONE Group Hospitality is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Noodles & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ONE Group Hospitality beats Noodles & Company on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NDLS) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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