GEN Restaurant Group (GENK) Competitors

First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) and GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, FWRG or GENK?

First Watch Restaurant Group has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FWRG or GENK?

First Watch Restaurant Group received 28 more outperform votes than GEN Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave GEN Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 55.26% of users gave First Watch Restaurant Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Watch Restaurant Group	Outperform Votes 42 55.26%	Underperform Votes 34 44.74%
GEN Restaurant Group	Outperform Votes 14 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FWRG or GENK?

First Watch Restaurant Group has higher revenue and earnings than GEN Restaurant Group. GEN Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Watch Restaurant Group, 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
First Watch Restaurant Group	$891.55M	1.19	$25.39M	$0.33	52.91
GEN Restaurant Group	$181.01M	1.44	$8.41M	$0.17	46.82

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FWRG or GENK?

96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 61.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor FWRG or GENK?

In the previous week, GEN Restaurant Group had 9 more articles in the media than First Watch Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for GEN Restaurant Group and 5 mentions for First Watch Restaurant Group. First Watch Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat GEN Restaurant Group's score of 0.36 indicating that First Watch Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Watch Restaurant Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GEN Restaurant Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FWRG or GENK more profitable?

First Watch Restaurant Group has a net margin of 2.09% compared to GEN Restaurant Group's net margin of 0.39%. First Watch Restaurant Group's return on equity of 3.61% beat GEN Restaurant Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Watch Restaurant Group	2.09%	3.61%	1.53%
GEN Restaurant Group	0.39%	1.83%	0.37%

Do analysts prefer FWRG or GENK?

First Watch Restaurant Group currently has a consensus price target of $23.30, indicating a potential upside of 33.45%. GEN Restaurant Group has a consensus price target of $13.17, indicating a potential upside of 65.41%. Given GEN Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than First Watch Restaurant Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Watch Restaurant Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
GEN Restaurant Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

First Watch Restaurant Group beats GEN Restaurant Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.