FAT vs. NDLS, ARKR, RRGB, GTIM, THCH, STKS, PBPB, NATH, RENT, and BGFV
Should you be buying FAT Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FAT Brands include Noodles & Company (NDLS), Ark Restaurants (ARKR), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Good Times Restaurants (GTIM), TH International (THCH), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Potbelly (PBPB), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Rent the Runway (RENT), and Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
FAT Brands (NASDAQ:FAT) and Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
6.9% of FAT Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of FAT Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, FAT Brands and FAT Brands both had 6 articles in the media. Noodles & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat FAT Brands' score of 0.03 indicating that Noodles & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Noodles & Company received 216 more outperform votes than FAT Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.31% of users gave FAT Brands an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave Noodles & Company an outperform vote.
Noodles & Company has a net margin of -2.58% compared to FAT Brands' net margin of -18.28%. FAT Brands' return on equity of 0.00% beat Noodles & Company's return on equity.
Noodles & Company has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FAT Brands. Noodles & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FAT Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FAT Brands has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FAT Brands presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 176.50%. Noodles & Company has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 67.46%. Given FAT Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FAT Brands is more favorable than Noodles & Company.
Summary
FAT Brands and Noodles & Company tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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