PBPB vs. JAX, BBQ, FAT, LUB, MSC, KRUS, BALY, CVEO, LOCO, and GENK
Should you be buying Potbelly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Potbelly include J. Alexander's (JAX), BBQ (BBQ), FAT Brands (FAT), Luby's (LUB), Studio City International (MSC), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), Bally's (BALY), Civeo (CVEO), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), and GEN Restaurant Group (GENK).
J. Alexander's (NYSE:JAX) and Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Potbelly has higher revenue and earnings than J. Alexander's.
Potbelly received 158 more outperform votes than J. Alexander's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.16% of users gave J. Alexander's an outperform vote while only 64.26% of users gave Potbelly an outperform vote.
In the previous week, J. Alexander's had 3 more articles in the media than Potbelly. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for J. Alexander's and 7 mentions for Potbelly. Potbelly's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat J. Alexander's' score of 0.21 indicating that J. Alexander's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J. Alexander's has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Potbelly has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
42.8% of J. Alexander's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.6% of Potbelly shares are held by institutional investors. 21.2% of J. Alexander's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% 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.
J. Alexander's has a net margin of 3.48% compared to J. Alexander's' net margin of 0.76%. J. Alexander's' return on equity of 36.44% beat Potbelly's return on equity.
Potbelly has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 93.91%. Given J. Alexander's' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Potbelly is more favorable than J. Alexander's.
Summary
J. Alexander's and Potbelly tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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