PBPB vs. HDL, SHCO, CNNE, XHR, KRUS, FWRG, PTLO, TH, MSC, and BALY
Should you be buying Potbelly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Potbelly include Super Hi International (HDL), Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), Cannae (CNNE), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Portillo's (PTLO), Target Hospitality (TH), Studio City International (MSC), and Bally's (BALY). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Potbelly vs. Its Competitors
Super Hi International (NASDAQ:HDL) and Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) 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 community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.
Potbelly has a net margin of 8.14% compared to Super Hi International's net margin of 0.00%. Potbelly's return on equity of 18.69% beat Super Hi International's return on equity.
Potbelly received 343 more outperform votes than Super Hi International when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Potbelly had 2 more articles in the media than Super Hi International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Potbelly and 3 mentions for Super Hi International. Super Hi International's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Potbelly's score of 0.55 indicating that Super Hi International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
72.6% of Potbelly shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Potbelly shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Super Hi International has higher revenue and earnings than Potbelly. Potbelly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Super Hi International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Potbelly has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.57%. Given Potbelly's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Potbelly is more favorable than Super Hi International.
Summary
Potbelly beats Super Hi International on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PBPB) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff