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$13.66 -0.05 (-0.36%)
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SG vs. SHAK, RRR, CHA, ATAT, HGV, TNL, MLCO, BH.A, PK, and PLYA

Should you be buying Sweetgreen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sweetgreen include Shake Shack (SHAK), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Chagee (CHA), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Biglari (BH.A), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), and Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

Sweetgreen vs. Its Competitors

Sweetgreen (NYSE:SG) and Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Sweetgreen has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shake Shack has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

95.8% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Shake Shack shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.5% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Shake Shack shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Shake Shack has a net margin of 0.97% compared to Sweetgreen's net margin of -13.04%. Shake Shack's return on equity of 8.45% beat Sweetgreen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sweetgreen-13.04% -19.72% -10.49%
Shake Shack 0.97%8.45%2.44%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sweetgreen$676.83M2.37-$90.37M-$0.77-17.74
Shake Shack$1.28B4.65$10.21M$0.28499.68

Sweetgreen presently has a consensus target price of $25.23, suggesting a potential upside of 84.71%. Shake Shack has a consensus target price of $124.90, suggesting a potential downside of 10.72%. Given Sweetgreen's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sweetgreen is more favorable than Shake Shack.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sweetgreen
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Shake Shack
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35

In the previous week, Shake Shack had 21 more articles in the media than Sweetgreen. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Shake Shack and 7 mentions for Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Shake Shack's score of 0.28 indicating that Sweetgreen is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sweetgreen
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Shake Shack
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Shake Shack beats Sweetgreen on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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SG vs. The Competition

MetricSweetgreenRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.60B$11.87B$26.52B$20.61B
Dividend YieldN/A3.67%175.55%3.72%
P/E Ratio-17.7439.2729.0427.81
Price / Sales2.372.128.2540.76
Price / CashN/A17.6848.3322.32
Price / Book3.5910.745.724.57
Net Income-$90.37M$400.87M$869.96M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-7.67%-2.51%0.70%0.20%
1 Month Performance8.18%4.62%8.62%5.53%
1 Year Performance-45.60%5.23%21.23%10.30%

Sweetgreen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SG
Sweetgreen
3.8526 of 5 stars
$13.66
-0.4%
$25.23
+84.7%
-45.6%$1.60B$676.83M-17.746,407
SHAK
Shake Shack
3.2443 of 5 stars
$140.16
-1.3%
$124.43
-11.2%
+65.1%$5.98B$1.25B500.5712,826Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
3.8406 of 5 stars
$54.85
+0.2%
$52.00
-5.2%
-4.7%$5.82B$1.94B21.269,300Analyst Forecast
CHA
Chagee
N/A$28.75
+5.3%
$40.80
+41.9%
N/A$5.28B$1.70B0.004,800Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
ATAT
Atour Lifestyle
2.8317 of 5 stars
$35.54
+5.2%
$36.63
+3.1%
+86.8%$4.91B$992.96M28.215,488News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
HGV
Hilton Grand Vacations
3.2015 of 5 stars
$45.05
+0.4%
$46.00
+2.1%
+15.0%$4.13B$4.98B140.7821,800Positive News
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.8979 of 5 stars
$55.80
-0.8%
$59.20
+6.1%
+21.6%$3.71B$3.88B9.3219,000Trending News
Insider Trade
MLCO
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
3.0959 of 5 stars
$8.61
+0.6%
$7.11
-17.4%
+31.0%$3.61B$4.64B61.5016,908Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BH.A
Biglari
N/A$1,379.02
-1.5%
N/A+56.9%$3.14B$362.11M-6.262,560High Trading Volume
PK
Park Hotels & Resorts
4.0342 of 5 stars
$10.59
-2.3%
$12.11
+14.4%
-23.4%$2.12B$2.60B17.9590Positive News
PLYA
Playa Hotels & Resorts
0.8331 of 5 stars
$13.48
flat
$12.00
-11.0%
N/A$1.66B$938.57M27.5113,000

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This page (NYSE:SG) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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