FWRG vs. BJRI, PTLO, RUTH, DIN, MAIN, SG, EAT, PLAY, ARCO, and CAKE
Should you be buying First Watch Restaurant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Watch Restaurant Group include BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Portillo's (PTLO), Ruth's Hospitality Group (RUTH), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Sweetgreen (SG), Brinker International (EAT), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), and Cheesecake Factory (CAKE).
First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) and BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
First Watch Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BJ's Restaurants received 475 more outperform votes than First Watch Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.70% of users gave BJ's Restaurants an outperform vote while only 52.54% of users gave First Watch Restaurant Group an outperform vote.
First Watch Restaurant Group has a net margin of 2.52% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.80%. BJ's Restaurants' return on equity of 6.51% beat First Watch Restaurant Group's return on equity.
96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of BJ's Restaurants 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.
In the previous week, BJ's Restaurants had 6 more articles in the media than First Watch Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BJ's Restaurants and 3 mentions for First Watch Restaurant Group. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat First Watch Restaurant Group's score of 0.78 indicating that BJ's Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Watch Restaurant Group currently has a consensus price target of $25.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.57%. BJ's Restaurants has a consensus price target of $38.30, indicating a potential upside of 9.30%. Given First Watch Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Watch Restaurant Group is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.
First Watch Restaurant Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BJ's Restaurants. BJ's Restaurants 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.
Summary
BJ's Restaurants beats First Watch Restaurant Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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