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NYSE:SG

Sweetgreen (SG) Competitors

$11.48
-0.13 (-1.12%)
(As of 09/22/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$11.47
$11.84
50-Day Range
$11.49
$16.42
52-Week Range
$6.10
$20.00
Volume
909,802 shs
Average Volume
1.49 million shs
Market Capitalization
$1.29 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$14.00

SG vs. EAT, JACK, FWRG, CAKE, CBRL, PLAY, PTLO, DIN, KRUS, and CHUY

Should you be buying Sweetgreen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sweetgreen include Brinker International (EAT), Jack in the Box (JACK), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Portillo's (PTLO), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), and Chuy's (CHUY). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.

Sweetgreen vs.

Sweetgreen (NYSE:SG) and Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

79.2% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.0% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Brinker International shares are owned 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sweetgreen$470.11M2.74-$190.44M-$1.41-8.15
Brinker International$4.13B0.33$102.60M$2.2413.46

In the previous week, Brinker International had 5 more articles in the media than Sweetgreen. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Brinker International and 3 mentions for Sweetgreen. Brinker International's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Sweetgreen's score of 0.32 indicating that Brinker International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sweetgreen
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Brinker International
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Brinker International received 679 more outperform votes than Sweetgreen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.62% of users gave Brinker International an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave Sweetgreen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SweetgreenOutperform Votes
3
20.00%
Underperform Votes
12
80.00%
Brinker InternationalOutperform Votes
682
59.62%
Underperform Votes
462
40.38%

Sweetgreen has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brinker International has a beta of 2.38, suggesting that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sweetgreen presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.90%. Brinker International has a consensus target price of $37.57, indicating a potential upside of 24.62%. Given Brinker International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brinker International is more favorable than Sweetgreen.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sweetgreen
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Brinker International
3 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Brinker International has a net margin of 2.48% compared to Sweetgreen's net margin of -30.29%. Sweetgreen's return on equity of -26.30% beat Brinker International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sweetgreen-30.29% -26.30% -16.73%
Brinker International 2.48%-55.47%5.11%

Summary

Brinker International beats Sweetgreen on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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

MetricSweetgreenEating places IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.29B$7.40B$17.40B$15.27B
Dividend YieldN/A3.53%197.61%3.63%
P/E Ratio-8.1563.0524.6722.50
Price / Sales2.741.867.578.31
Price / CashN/A18.5215.1017.39
Price / Book2.365.374.616.55
Net Income-$190.44M$210.88M$552.37M$900.93M
7 Day Performance-8.56%-3.85%-3.74%-2.91%
1 Month Performance-18.05%-8.32%-7.01%-2.80%
1 Year PerformanceN/A8.55%1.79%5.43%

Sweetgreen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EAT
Brinker International
2.1033 of 5 stars
$31.83
+2.2%
$37.93
+19.2%
+12.2%$1.42B$4.13B14.2164,323Analyst Report
News Coverage
JACK
Jack in the Box
3.0923 of 5 stars
$72.79
+0.4%
$97.35
+33.7%
-10.8%$1.46B$1.47B9.8512,083Analyst Report
FWRG
First Watch Restaurant Group
2.7984 of 5 stars
$18.84
+2.2%
$21.00
+11.5%
+23.2%$1.12B$730.16M69.7812,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
2.8696 of 5 stars
$29.59
+0.6%
$36.25
+22.5%
-0.7%$1.52B$3.30B22.5947,500Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
3.0672 of 5 stars
$68.94
-0.6%
$90.44
+31.2%
-35.4%$1.53B$3.44B15.4973,000Insider Selling
News Coverage
PLAY
Dave & Buster's Entertainment
2.6219 of 5 stars
$36.51
+0.9%
$52.93
+45.0%
+7.7%$1.57B$1.96B12.6322,748Analyst Revision
PTLO
Portillo's
2.6245 of 5 stars
$16.28
-0.2%
$24.80
+52.3%
-31.8%$897.03M$587.10M70.798,040Analyst Revision
News Coverage
DIN
Dine Brands Global
3.059 of 5 stars
$53.28
+0.3%
$69.50
+30.4%
-20.1%$828.50M$909.40M10.793,008News Coverage
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KRUS
Kura Sushi USA
1.8915 of 5 stars
$75.71
+2.6%
$86.75
+14.6%
+3.8%$819.70M$174.50M1,893.222,100Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
CHUY
Chuy's
2.2231 of 5 stars
$35.55
-0.9%
$41.50
+16.7%
+53.0%$641.32M$422.21M24.527,400News Coverage

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