NATH vs. RRGB, DENN, BH, RICK, CHUY, TAST, DIN, BJRI, LOCO, and GENK
Should you be buying Nathan's Famous stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nathan's Famous include Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Denny's (DENN), Biglari (BH), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Chuy's (CHUY), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Dine Brands Global (DIN), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), and GEN Restaurant Group (GENK). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (NASDAQ:RRGB) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers received 471 more outperform votes than Nathan's Famous when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Red Robin Gourmet Burgers an outperform vote while only 64.35% of users gave Nathan's Famous an outperform vote.
Nathan's Famous has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nathan's Famous, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nathan's Famous has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a beta of 2.79, indicating that its stock price is 179% more volatile than the S&P 500.
66.5% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are held by institutional investors. 31.6% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Nathan's Famous has a net margin of 13.84% compared to Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' net margin of -1.61%. Nathan's Famous' return on equity of -49.23% beat Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' return on equity.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a consensus price target of $15.75, suggesting a potential upside of 115.16%. Given Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is more favorable than Nathan's Famous.
In the previous week, Nathan's Famous had 6 more articles in the media than Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nathan's Famous and 5 mentions for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Nathan's Famous' score of -0.06 indicating that Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Nathan's Famous beats Red Robin Gourmet Burgers on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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