BT Brands (BTBD) Competitors

BT Brands (NASDAQ:BTBD) and Ark Restaurants (NASDAQ:ARKR) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the media prefer BTBD or ARKR?

In the previous week, BT Brands and BT Brands both had 7 articles in the media. BT Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Ark Restaurants' score of 0.41 indicating that BT Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BT Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ark Restaurants	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BTBD or ARKR?

BT Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ark Restaurants. BT Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ark Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BT Brands	$14.08M	0.75	-$890K	-$0.18	-9.50
Ark Restaurants	$184.79M	0.20	-$5.93M	-$2.72	-3.85

Do analysts rate BTBD or ARKR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BT Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Ark Restaurants	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, BTBD or ARKR?

BT Brands has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ark Restaurants has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BTBD or ARKR?

Ark Restaurants received 237 more outperform votes than BT Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.26% of users gave Ark Restaurants an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave BT Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BT Brands	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%
Ark Restaurants	Outperform Votes 237 72.26%	Underperform Votes 91 27.74%

Is BTBD or ARKR more profitable?

Ark Restaurants has a net margin of -5.31% compared to BT Brands' net margin of -7.91%. Ark Restaurants' return on equity of 0.14% beat BT Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BT Brands	-7.91%	-12.45%	-7.86%
Ark Restaurants	-5.31%	0.14%	0.04%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BTBD or ARKR?

0.4% of BT Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Ark Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.0% of BT Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.2% of Ark Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ark Restaurants beats BT Brands on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.