SG vs. YUMC, TXRH, WING, CAVA, ARMK, MAIN, EAT, ARCO, PLAY, and CAKE
Should you be buying Sweetgreen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sweetgreen include Yum China (YUMC), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wingstop (WING), CAVA Group (CAVA), Aramark (ARMK), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Brinker International (EAT), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), and Cheesecake Factory (CAKE). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) and Sweetgreen (NYSE:SG) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Sweetgreen had 7 more articles in the media than Yum China. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sweetgreen and 4 mentions for Yum China. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Sweetgreen's score of 0.73 indicating that Sweetgreen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Yum China currently has a consensus target price of $54.65, suggesting a potential upside of 52.82%. Sweetgreen has a consensus target price of $25.75, suggesting a potential downside of 16.26%. Given Sweetgreen's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Yum China is more favorable than Sweetgreen.
Yum China received 374 more outperform votes than Sweetgreen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.19% of users gave Yum China an outperform vote while only 39.47% of users gave Sweetgreen an outperform vote.
Yum China has higher revenue and earnings than Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yum China, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Yum China has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sweetgreen has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
85.6% of Yum China shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Sweetgreen shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Yum China shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Sweetgreen shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Yum China has a net margin of 7.49% compared to Yum China's net margin of -17.15%. Sweetgreen's return on equity of 11.90% beat Yum China's return on equity.
Summary
Yum China beats Sweetgreen on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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