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SG vs. SHAK, RRR, ATAT, HGV, CHA, TNL, MLCO, BH.A, PK, and ARCO

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

Sweetgreen vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Shake Shack had 10 more articles in the media than Sweetgreen. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Shake Shack and 12 mentions for Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Shake Shack's score of 0.50 indicating that Sweetgreen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Shake Shack has a net margin of 1.50% compared to Sweetgreen's net margin of -13.04%. Shake Shack's return on equity of 9.78% beat Sweetgreen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shake Shack1.50% 9.78% 2.83%
Sweetgreen -13.04%-19.72%-10.49%

Shake Shack currently has a consensus target price of $131.29, suggesting a potential upside of 21.37%. Sweetgreen has a consensus target price of $21.15, suggesting a potential upside of 134.13%. Given Sweetgreen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sweetgreen is more favorable than Shake Shack.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shake Shack
2 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.26
Sweetgreen
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

86.1% of Shake Shack shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Shake Shack shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Shake Shack$1.25B3.68$10.21M$0.46235.15
Sweetgreen$685.28M1.55-$90.37M-$0.77-11.73

Shake Shack has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sweetgreen has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shake Shack beats Sweetgreen on 10 of the 16 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$1.07B$11.39B$26.68B$20.69B
Dividend YieldN/A3.99%172.89%3.66%
P/E Ratio-11.8835.7829.3428.66
Price / Sales1.552.033.9466.53
Price / CashN/A16.8359.2623.59
Price / Book2.379.855.514.32
Net Income-$90.37M$400.87M$874.58M$995.66M
7 Day Performance-24.27%-2.41%1.39%2.16%
1 Month Performance-32.88%-8.52%-1.40%-0.31%
1 Year Performance-65.59%1.56%21.30%15.06%

Sweetgreen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SG
Sweetgreen
3.6514 of 5 stars
$9.04
-28.6%
$21.15
+134.1%
-50.9%$1.07B$685.28M-11.886,407News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SHAK
Shake Shack
4.0294 of 5 stars
$138.40
+0.7%
$128.68
-7.0%
+15.4%$5.91B$1.28B494.2912,826
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
3.9391 of 5 stars
$54.72
+1.0%
$56.64
+3.5%
+5.3%$5.80B$1.95B21.219,300Analyst Forecast
ATAT
Atour Lifestyle
2.7564 of 5 stars
$35.50
-0.5%
$36.63
+3.2%
+116.1%$4.91B$992.96M28.175,488News Coverage
HGV
Hilton Grand Vacations
3.3542 of 5 stars
$51.68
+0.1%
$46.38
-10.3%
+13.9%$4.74B$4.97B161.5021,800
CHA
Chagee
N/A$23.19
-1.4%
$40.80
+75.9%
N/A$4.26B$13.29B0.004,800
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.7737 of 5 stars
$62.88
-0.5%
$62.30
-0.9%
+43.0%$4.08B$3.86B10.8419,000Positive News
MLCO
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
2.3232 of 5 stars
$8.92
-0.6%
$7.90
-11.4%
+59.4%$3.74B$4.64B63.7116,908Positive News
BH.A
Biglari
N/A$1,529.60
-2.0%
N/A+45.5%$3.48B$367.70M-6.952,560High Trading Volume
PK
Park Hotels & Resorts
4.0331 of 5 stars
$11.16
-0.5%
$12.11
+8.5%
-24.3%$2.23B$2.59B18.9290Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.9222 of 5 stars
$7.09
-1.5%
$8.80
+24.1%
-26.0%$1.49B$4.47B10.9198,615News Coverage
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This page (NYSE:SG) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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