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SHAK vs. WING, IHG, YUMC, ARMK, CAVA, BROS, HTHT, WH, RRR, and ATAT

Should you be buying Shake Shack stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shake Shack include Wingstop (WING), Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), Yum China (YUMC), Aramark (ARMK), CAVA Group (CAVA), Dutch Bros (BROS), H World Group (HTHT), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), and Atour Lifestyle (ATAT). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

Shake Shack vs. Its Competitors

Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) and Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and valuation.

Wingstop has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shake Shack has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Wingstop has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Shake Shack. Wingstop 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
Wingstop$669.74M13.15$108.72M$6.0052.56
Shake Shack$1.32B3.40$10.21M$0.46229.48

86.1% of Shake Shack shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Wingstop shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Shake Shack shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Wingstop currently has a consensus price target of $379.52, indicating a potential upside of 20.35%. Shake Shack has a consensus price target of $131.29, indicating a potential upside of 24.37%. Given Shake Shack's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shake Shack is more favorable than Wingstop.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wingstop
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Shake Shack
2 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.26

Wingstop has a net margin of 25.61% compared to Shake Shack's net margin of 1.50%. Shake Shack's return on equity of 9.78% beat Wingstop's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wingstop25.61% -17.07% 16.53%
Shake Shack 1.50%9.78%2.83%

In the previous week, Wingstop and Wingstop both had 15 articles in the media. Wingstop's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Shake Shack's score of 0.32 indicating that Wingstop is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wingstop
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Shake Shack
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Wingstop beats Shake Shack on 10 of the 16 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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SHAK vs. The Competition

MetricShake ShackRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.51B$11.30B$27.07B$20.74B
Dividend YieldN/A3.99%172.88%3.66%
P/E Ratio229.4834.0427.6128.05
Price / Sales3.401.9712.5056.18
Price / Cash30.8116.5856.8123.05
Price / Book8.679.715.464.33
Net Income$10.21M$400.87M$877.63M$994.32M
7 Day Performance-5.65%-2.50%1.28%1.97%
1 Month Performance-25.67%-8.35%-2.93%-1.60%
1 Year Performance3.10%0.95%21.14%14.39%

Shake Shack Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHAK
Shake Shack
3.9128 of 5 stars
$105.56
-5.9%
$131.29
+24.4%
+3.2%$4.51B$1.32B229.4812,826Trending News
WING
Wingstop
3.4943 of 5 stars
$348.67
-3.8%
$379.52
+8.8%
-15.1%$9.73B$625.81M58.111,335Analyst Upgrade
IHG
Intercontinental Hotels Group
1.9079 of 5 stars
$115.48
+0.7%
N/A+27.3%$17.84B$4.92B20.4712,587News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Cut
YUMC
Yum China
4.9195 of 5 stars
$46.51
-0.4%
$48.70
+4.7%
+32.5%$17.27B$11.30B19.46351,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
ARMK
Aramark
4.6259 of 5 stars
$43.16
+1.6%
$43.91
+1.7%
+14.8%$11.31B$17.40B33.20266,680Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
CAVA
CAVA Group
4.0627 of 5 stars
$87.96
+4.3%
$115.06
+30.8%
-5.7%$10.17B$1.04B73.308,100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
BROS
Dutch Bros
3.818 of 5 stars
$58.57
+3.3%
$76.06
+29.9%
+124.3%$9.63B$1.36B150.1826,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
HTHT
H World Group
4.0085 of 5 stars
$31.06
-0.5%
$40.80
+31.4%
+12.7%$9.53B$3.27B21.5728,502News Coverage
Positive News
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.9158 of 5 stars
$84.47
+0.8%
$106.98
+26.6%
+13.0%$6.45B$1.45B19.742,200Positive News
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
4.0307 of 5 stars
$59.22
-2.2%
$60.36
+1.9%
+2.5%$6.28B$1.99B20.149,300Analyst Forecast
ATAT
Atour Lifestyle
2.374 of 5 stars
$34.63
+3.5%
$36.63
+5.8%
+111.9%$4.79B$992.96M27.485,488News Coverage
Positive News

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