GENK vs. KRUS, LOCO, CVEO, PBPB, GHG, MRNO, FLL, STKS, THCH, and LVO
Should you be buying GEN Restaurant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GEN Restaurant Group include Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Civeo (CVEO), Potbelly (PBPB), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Murano Global Investments (MRNO), Full House Resorts (FLL), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), TH International (THCH), and LiveOne (LVO). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
GEN Restaurant Group vs.
Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS) and GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.
Kura Sushi USA has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kura Sushi USA received 75 more outperform votes than GEN Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.75% of users gave GEN Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 58.44% of users gave Kura Sushi USA an outperform vote.
GEN Restaurant Group has a net margin of 0.39% compared to Kura Sushi USA's net margin of -3.08%. GEN Restaurant Group's return on equity of 1.83% beat Kura Sushi USA's return on equity.
65.5% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 61.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Kura Sushi USA had 7 more articles in the media than GEN Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kura Sushi USA and 3 mentions for GEN Restaurant Group. Kura Sushi USA's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat GEN Restaurant Group's score of 0.97 indicating that Kura Sushi USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GEN Restaurant Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kura Sushi USA. Kura Sushi USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GEN Restaurant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kura Sushi USA currently has a consensus price target of $77.20, suggesting a potential upside of 29.38%. GEN Restaurant Group has a consensus price target of $11.63, suggesting a potential upside of 164.81%. Given GEN Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than Kura Sushi USA.
Summary
GEN Restaurant Group beats Kura Sushi USA on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GENK) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
