RRGB vs. NATH, DENN, RICK, BH, NDLS, FAT, THCH, STKS, ARKR, and PBPB
Should you be buying Red Robin Gourmet Burgers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers include Nathan's Famous (NATH), Denny's (DENN), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Biglari (BH), Noodles & Company (NDLS), FAT Brands (FAT), TH International (THCH), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Ark Restaurants (ARKR), and Potbelly (PBPB). 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers had 4 more articles in the media than Nathan's Famous. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and 3 mentions for Nathan's Famous. Nathan's Famous' average media sentiment score of -0.11 beat Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' score of -0.30 indicating that Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
66.5% of Nathan's Famous shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.6% of Nathan's Famous 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Nathan's Famous has a net margin of 13.84% compared to Nathan's Famous' net margin of -1.61%. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' return on equity of -49.23% beat Nathan's Famous' return on equity.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a consensus price target of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 122.77%. Given Nathan's Famous' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is more favorable than Nathan's Famous.
Nathan's Famous has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a beta of 2.79, meaning that its share price is 179% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers beats Nathan's Famous on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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