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PBPB vs. ARCO, SHCO, CNNE, XHR, HDL, PLAY, MSC, FWRG, KRUS, and PTLO

Should you be buying Potbelly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Potbelly include Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), Cannae (CNNE), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Super Hi International (HDL), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Studio City Ih (MSC), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), and Portillo's (PTLO). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

Potbelly vs. Its Competitors

Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) and Arcos Dorados (NYSE:ARCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.

72.6% of Potbelly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Arcos Dorados shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Potbelly shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Potbelly has a net margin of 9.24% compared to Arcos Dorados' net margin of 3.00%. Arcos Dorados' return on equity of 26.70% beat Potbelly's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Potbelly9.24% 16.58% 3.44%
Arcos Dorados 3.00%26.70%4.39%

Potbelly presently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.54%. Arcos Dorados has a consensus target price of $8.80, suggesting a potential upside of 22.31%. Given Potbelly's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Potbelly is more favorable than Arcos Dorados.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Potbelly
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Arcos Dorados
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Arcos Dorados has higher revenue and earnings than Potbelly. Potbelly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcos Dorados, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Potbelly$465.13M0.82$40.29M$1.409.03
Arcos Dorados$4.47B0.34$148.76M$0.6511.07

Potbelly has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcos Dorados has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Potbelly had 2 more articles in the media than Arcos Dorados. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Potbelly and 0 mentions for Arcos Dorados. Arcos Dorados' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Potbelly's score of 0.00 indicating that Arcos Dorados is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Potbelly Neutral
Arcos Dorados Very Positive

Summary

Potbelly beats Arcos Dorados on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PBPB vs. The Competition

MetricPotbellyRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$381.37M$11.51B$26.90B$9.49B
Dividend YieldN/A3.72%177.05%4.00%
P/E Ratio9.0337.5430.9019.96
Price / Sales0.822.086.0782.69
Price / Cash17.1717.9050.8958.45
Price / Book6.5210.195.665.82
Net Income$40.29M$400.87M$880.44M$258.42M
7 Day Performance0.72%1.73%2.38%1.94%
1 Month Performance5.69%1.46%6.73%12.02%
1 Year Performance76.04%6.83%27.59%20.81%

Potbelly Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PBPB
Potbelly
3.3385 of 5 stars
$12.64
-2.6%
$16.50
+30.5%
+71.9%$381.37M$465.13M9.035,000
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.5191 of 5 stars
$7.34
-2.8%
$8.80
+19.9%
-23.2%$1.55B$4.47B11.3098,615Positive News
SHCO
Soho House & Co Inc.
2.5548 of 5 stars
$7.06
-2.6%
$7.25
+2.8%
+15.5%$1.37B$1.22B-11.768,038News Coverage
Insider Trade
CNNE
Cannae
3.4938 of 5 stars
$21.62
+1.0%
$24.00
+11.0%
+10.6%$1.36B$452.50M-4.117,317
XHR
Xenia Hotels & Resorts
2.0052 of 5 stars
$13.24
+0.6%
$12.90
-2.5%
-7.5%$1.31B$1.04B60.1640
HDL
Super Hi International
N/A$19.68
+1.9%
N/A+25.9%$1.28B$778.31M32.7913,057News Coverage
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
3.25 of 5 stars
$32.06
-0.7%
$33.83
+5.5%
-10.1%$1.11B$2.13B31.7423,420
MSC
Studio City Ih
0.9043 of 5 stars
$5.01
+3.5%
N/A-32.3%$1.06B$639.15M-10.025,848Gap Down
FWRG
First Watch Restaurant Group
3.3925 of 5 stars
$17.11
-2.2%
$21.36
+24.9%
+20.8%$1.04B$1.06B100.6515,000Positive News
Gap Down
KRUS
Kura Sushi USA
2.0167 of 5 stars
$75.89
+3.1%
$92.30
+21.6%
+77.6%$917.51M$237.86M-94.863,300
PTLO
Portillo's
3.8075 of 5 stars
$11.41
-0.5%
$14.13
+23.8%
+16.3%$853.64M$721.16M26.547,450

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This page (NASDAQ:PBPB) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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