Famous Dave's of America (DAVE) Competitors

Famous Dave's of America (NASDAQ:DAVE) and MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is DAVE or MARA more profitable?

MARA has a net margin of 27.48% compared to Famous Dave's of America's net margin of 12.92%. Famous Dave's of America's return on equity of 17.16% beat MARA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Famous Dave's of America	12.92%	17.16%	8.38%
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DAVE or MARA?

18.0% of Famous Dave's of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of MARA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Famous Dave's of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MARA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DAVE or MARA?

MARA received 119 more outperform votes than Famous Dave's of America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.73% of users gave MARA an outperform vote while only 52.47% of users gave Famous Dave's of America an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Famous Dave's of America	Outperform Votes 191 52.47%	Underperform Votes 173 47.53%
MARA	Outperform Votes 310 53.73%	Underperform Votes 267 46.27%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DAVE or MARA?

MARA has higher revenue and earnings than Famous Dave's of America. MARA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Famous Dave's of America, 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
Famous Dave's of America	$259.09M	4.15	-$48.52M	$3.13	26.90
MARA	$656.38M	6.67	$261.17M	$1.36	9.31

Which has more risk & volatility, DAVE or MARA?

Famous Dave's of America has a beta of 3.54, meaning that its stock price is 254% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MARA has a beta of 6.1, meaning that its stock price is 510% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DAVE or MARA?

In the previous week, MARA had 22 more articles in the media than Famous Dave's of America. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for MARA and 1 mentions for Famous Dave's of America. MARA's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Famous Dave's of America's score of 0.00 indicating that MARA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Famous Dave's of America	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MARA	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate DAVE or MARA?

Famous Dave's of America presently has a consensus price target of $128.33, suggesting a potential upside of 52.41%. MARA has a consensus price target of $22.80, suggesting a potential upside of 80.09%. Given MARA's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MARA is more favorable than Famous Dave's of America.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Famous Dave's of America	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14
MARA	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Summary

MARA beats Famous Dave's of America on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.