NDLS vs. RRGB, FAT, ARKR, GTIM, THCH, STKS, PBPB, NATH, LOCO, and GENK
Should you be buying Noodles & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Noodles & Company include Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), FAT Brands (FAT), Ark Restaurants (ARKR), Good Times Restaurants (GTIM), TH International (THCH), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Potbelly (PBPB), Nathan's Famous (NATH), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), and GEN Restaurant Group (GENK). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (NASDAQ:RRGB) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers had 1 more articles in the media than Noodles & Company. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and 6 mentions for Noodles & Company. Noodles & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' score of -0.48 indicating that Noodles & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers received 235 more outperform votes than Noodles & Company when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Red Robin Gourmet Burgers an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave Noodles & Company an outperform vote.
65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Noodles & Company has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. Noodles & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more 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.
Noodles & Company currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 67.46%. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a consensus price target of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 132.99%. Given Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is more favorable than Noodles & Company.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a net margin of -1.61% compared to Noodles & Company's net margin of -2.58%. Noodles & Company's return on equity of -26.88% beat Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' return on equity.
Summary
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers beats Noodles & Company on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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