RRGB vs. NATH, BH, STKS, NDLS, THCH, ARKR, GTIM, LOCO, GENK, and PBPB
Should you be buying Red Robin Gourmet Burgers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers include Nathan's Famous (NATH), Biglari (BH), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Noodles & Company (NDLS), TH International (THCH), Ark Restaurants (ARKR), Good Times Restaurants (GTIM), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), and Potbelly (PBPB). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (NASDAQ:RRGB) and Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
84.0% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.6% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers had 1 more articles in the media than Nathan's Famous. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and 11 mentions for Nathan's Famous. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Nathan's Famous' score of 0.23 indicating that Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers received 468 more outperform votes than Nathan's Famous when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.99% of users gave Red Robin Gourmet Burgers an outperform vote while only 64.35% of users gave Nathan's Famous an outperform vote.
Nathan's Famous has a net margin of 13.84% compared to Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' net margin of -1.61%. Nathan's Famous' return on equity of -49.23% beat Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' return on equity.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a beta of 2.83, suggesting that its stock price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nathan's Famous has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nathan's Famous has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nathan's Famous, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers currently has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 76.24%. Given Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is more favorable than Nathan's Famous.
Summary
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers beats Nathan's Famous on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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