BT Brands (BTBD) Competitors

Ark Restaurants (NASDAQ:ARKR) and BT Brands (NASDAQ:BTBD) 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 profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARKR or BTBD?

Ark Restaurants received 240 more outperform votes than BT Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.51% of users gave Ark Restaurants an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave BT Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ark Restaurants	Outperform Votes 240 72.51%	Underperform Votes 91 27.49%
BT Brands	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%

Does the media favor ARKR or BTBD?

In the previous week, Ark Restaurants had 2 more articles in the media than BT Brands. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ark Restaurants and 0 mentions for BT Brands. Ark Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat BT Brands' score of 0.00 indicating that Ark Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ark Restaurants	Positive
BT Brands	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, ARKR or BTBD?

Ark Restaurants has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BT Brands has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ARKR or BTBD?

32.0% of Ark Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of BT Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 37.2% of Ark Restaurants shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of BT Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ARKR or BTBD more profitable?

Ark Restaurants has a net margin of -5.31% compared to BT Brands' net margin of -9.20%. Ark Restaurants' return on equity of 0.14% beat BT Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ark Restaurants	-5.31%	0.14%	0.04%
BT Brands	-9.20%	-15.31%	-9.57%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ARKR or BTBD?

BT Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Ark Restaurants	$184.79M	0.20	-$5.93M	-$2.72	-3.71
BT Brands	$14.65M	0.66	-$890K	-$0.22	-7.14

Summary

Ark Restaurants beats BT Brands on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.