Weis Markets (WMK) Competitors

Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) and FAT Brands (NASDAQ:FATBB) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WMK or FATBB?

Weis Markets has higher revenue and earnings than FAT Brands. FAT Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weis Markets, 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
Weis Markets	$4.70B	N/A	$103.83M	$3.85	16.77
FAT Brands	$480.46M	N/A	-$90.11M	-$5.75	-1.04

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WMK or FATBB?

Weis Markets received 201 more outperform votes than FAT Brands when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Weis Markets	Outperform Votes 201 65.69%	Underperform Votes 105 34.31%
FAT Brands	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, WMK or FATBB?

Weis Markets has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FAT Brands has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WMK or FATBB?

In the previous week, FAT Brands had 2 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FAT Brands and 1 mentions for Weis Markets. Weis Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat FAT Brands' score of -0.29 indicating that Weis Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Weis Markets	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FAT Brands	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is WMK or FATBB more profitable?

Weis Markets has a net margin of 2.21% compared to FAT Brands' net margin of -18.75%. Weis Markets' return on equity of 7.69% beat FAT Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weis Markets	2.21%	7.69%	5.26%
FAT Brands	-18.75%	N/A	-5.60%

Do analysts rate WMK or FATBB?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weis Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
FAT Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is WMK or FATBB a better dividend stock?

Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. FAT Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Weis Markets pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FAT Brands pays out -9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FAT Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Weis Markets beats FAT Brands on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.