PBPB vs. ARCO, CNNE, HDL, XHR, SHCO, KRUS, FWRG, MSC, PLAY, and TH
Should you be buying Potbelly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Potbelly include Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Cannae (CNNE), Super Hi International (HDL), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), STUDIO CITY IH (MSC), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), and Target Hospitality (TH). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Potbelly vs. Its Competitors
Arcos Dorados (NYSE:ARCO) and Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Potbelly had 3 more articles in the media than Arcos Dorados. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Potbelly and 15 mentions for Arcos Dorados. Potbelly's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Arcos Dorados' score of 0.59 indicating that Potbelly is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Arcos Dorados has higher revenue and earnings than Potbelly. Arcos Dorados is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Potbelly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
55.9% of Arcos Dorados shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.6% of Potbelly shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of Potbelly shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Arcos Dorados has a net margin of 3.00% compared to Potbelly's net margin of 2.30%. Arcos Dorados' return on equity of 26.70% beat Potbelly's return on equity.
Arcos Dorados has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Potbelly has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Arcos Dorados presently has a consensus target price of $8.80, indicating a potential upside of 15.94%. Potbelly has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.18%. Given Potbelly's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Potbelly is more favorable than Arcos Dorados.
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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:PBPB) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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