THCH vs. LOCO, CVEO, MRNO, GHG, FLL, GENK, CNTY, STKS, LVO, and HCHL
Should you be buying TH International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TH International include El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Civeo (CVEO), Murano Global BV (MRNO), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Full House Resorts (FLL), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), Century Casinos (CNTY), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), LiveOne (LVO), and Happy City (HCHL). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
TH International vs. Its Competitors
TH International (NASDAQ:THCH) and El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, El Pollo Loco had 2 more articles in the media than TH International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for El Pollo Loco and 3 mentions for TH International. TH International's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat El Pollo Loco's score of -0.31 indicating that TH International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
91.9% of TH International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of El Pollo Loco 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.
TH International has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
El Pollo Loco has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 81.63%. Given El Pollo Loco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe El Pollo Loco is more favorable than TH International.
El Pollo Loco has higher revenue and earnings than TH International. TH International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than El Pollo Loco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
El Pollo Loco has a net margin of 5.15% compared to TH International's net margin of -26.38%. El Pollo Loco's return on equity of 9.83% beat TH International's return on equity.
Summary
El Pollo Loco beats TH International on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:THCH) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff