WINA vs. FWRG, KRUS, CBRL, IMKTA, CARS, SBH, GOOS, JACK, RVLV, and HIBB
Should you be buying Winmark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Winmark include First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Cars.com (CARS), Sally Beauty (SBH), Canada Goose (GOOS), Jack in the Box (JACK), Revolve Group (RVLV), and Hibbett (HIBB). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Winmark (NASDAQ:WINA) and First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) 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 profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
First Watch Restaurant Group has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.54%. Given First Watch Restaurant Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Watch Restaurant Group is more favorable than Winmark.
Winmark received 112 more outperform votes than First Watch Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.97% of users gave Winmark an outperform vote while only 52.54% of users gave First Watch Restaurant Group an outperform vote.
Winmark has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Watch Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, First Watch Restaurant Group had 2 more articles in the media than Winmark. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First Watch Restaurant Group and 4 mentions for Winmark. Winmark's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat First Watch Restaurant Group's score of 0.24 indicating that Winmark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Winmark has a net margin of 48.36% compared to First Watch Restaurant Group's net margin of 2.52%. First Watch Restaurant Group's return on equity of 4.15% beat Winmark's return on equity.
Winmark has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Watch Restaurant Group. Winmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Watch Restaurant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.3% of Winmark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Winmark shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held 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.
Summary
Winmark and First Watch Restaurant Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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