ONE Group Hospitality (STKS) Competitors

ONE Group Hospitality (NASDAQ:STKS) and Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of STKS or PBPB?

29.1% of ONE Group Hospitality shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.6% of Potbelly shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of ONE Group Hospitality shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Potbelly shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is STKS or PBPB more profitable?

Potbelly has a net margin of 9.24% compared to ONE Group Hospitality's net margin of -1.60%. ONE Group Hospitality's return on equity of 48.46% beat Potbelly's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ONE Group Hospitality	-1.60%	48.46%	2.50%
Potbelly	9.24%	16.58%	3.44%

Which has more risk & volatility, STKS or PBPB?

ONE Group Hospitality has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Potbelly has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor STKS or PBPB?

In the previous week, Potbelly had 1 more articles in the media than ONE Group Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Potbelly and 3 mentions for ONE Group Hospitality. Potbelly's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat ONE Group Hospitality's score of 0.27 indicating that Potbelly is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ONE Group Hospitality	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Potbelly	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, STKS or PBPB?

Potbelly has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ONE Group Hospitality. ONE Group Hospitality is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Potbelly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ONE Group Hospitality	$799.48M	0.14	-$15.82M	-$1.27	-2.76
Potbelly	$462.60M	0.83	$40.29M	$1.40	9.06

Do analysts recommend STKS or PBPB?

ONE Group Hospitality currently has a consensus price target of $4.88, suggesting a potential upside of 39.09%. Potbelly has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.07%. Given ONE Group Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ONE Group Hospitality is more favorable than Potbelly.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ONE Group Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Potbelly	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Potbelly beats ONE Group Hospitality on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.