FATBB vs. LOCO, NATH, PBPB, THCH, STKS, LVO, RRGB, FAT, NDLS, and ARKR
Should you be buying FAT Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FAT Brands include El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Potbelly (PBPB), TH International (THCH), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), LiveOne (LVO), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), FAT Brands (FAT), Noodles & Company (NDLS), and Ark Restaurants (ARKR). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) and FAT Brands (NASDAQ:FATBB) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FAT Brands has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
El Pollo Loco has a net margin of 5.64% compared to El Pollo Loco's net margin of -18.28%. FAT Brands' return on equity of 10.13% beat El Pollo Loco's return on equity.
81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of El Pollo Loco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 59.9% of FAT Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
El Pollo Loco has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FAT Brands. FAT Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than El Pollo Loco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
El Pollo Loco received 352 more outperform votes than FAT Brands when rated by MarketBeat users.
El Pollo Loco presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.36%. Given FAT Brands' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe El Pollo Loco is more favorable than FAT Brands.
In the previous week, El Pollo Loco had 3 more articles in the media than FAT Brands. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for El Pollo Loco and 4 mentions for FAT Brands. El Pollo Loco's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat FAT Brands' score of 0.57 indicating that FAT Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
El Pollo Loco beats FAT Brands on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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