Shake Shack (SHAK) Competitors

Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) and InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SHAK or IHG?

86.1% of Shake Shack shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Shake Shack shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor SHAK or IHG?

In the previous week, Shake Shack had 33 more articles in the media than InterContinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Shake Shack and 7 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group. InterContinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Shake Shack's score of 0.46 indicating that InterContinental Hotels Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shake Shack	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
InterContinental Hotels Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, SHAK or IHG?

Shake Shack has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SHAK or IHG?

Shake Shack received 137 more outperform votes than InterContinental Hotels Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.63% of users gave Shake Shack an outperform vote while only 51.28% of users gave InterContinental Hotels Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shake Shack	Outperform Votes 537 51.63%	Underperform Votes 503 48.37%
InterContinental Hotels Group	Outperform Votes 400 51.28%	Underperform Votes 380 48.72%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SHAK or IHG?

InterContinental Hotels Group has higher revenue and earnings than Shake Shack. InterContinental Hotels Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shake Shack, 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
Shake Shack	$1.28B	3.89	$20.26M	$0.28	418.11
InterContinental Hotels Group	$4.92B	3.81	$750M	$5.64	21.38

Do analysts rate SHAK or IHG?

Shake Shack currently has a consensus price target of $113.40, indicating a potential downside of 3.13%. Given Shake Shack's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Shake Shack is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shake Shack	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
InterContinental Hotels Group	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is SHAK or IHG more profitable?

Shake Shack has a net margin of 0.81% compared to InterContinental Hotels Group's net margin of 0.00%. Shake Shack's return on equity of 8.40% beat InterContinental Hotels Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shake Shack	0.81%	8.40%	2.44%
InterContinental Hotels Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Shake Shack beats InterContinental Hotels Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.