GENK vs. FWRG, KRUS, JACK, CBRL, BJRI, PTLO, DIN, TAST, CHUY, and BH
Should you be buying GEN Restaurant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GEN Restaurant Group include First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Portillo's (PTLO), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), and Biglari (BH). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) and GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
First Watch Restaurant Group has higher revenue and earnings than GEN Restaurant Group. First Watch Restaurant Group 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.
96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held 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.
First Watch Restaurant Group received 19 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 52.54% of users gave First Watch Restaurant Group an outperform vote.
First Watch Restaurant Group has a net margin of 2.52% compared to First Watch Restaurant Group's net margin of 0.44%. GEN Restaurant Group's return on equity of 4.15% beat First Watch Restaurant Group's return on equity.
First Watch Restaurant Group currently has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.81%. GEN Restaurant Group has a consensus target price of $13.83, suggesting a potential upside of 23.95%. Given GEN Restaurant Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe First Watch Restaurant Group is more favorable than GEN Restaurant Group.
In the previous week, GEN Restaurant Group had 2 more articles in the media than First Watch Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for GEN Restaurant Group and 3 mentions for First Watch Restaurant Group. First Watch Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat GEN Restaurant Group's score of 1.06 indicating that GEN Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
First Watch Restaurant Group beats GEN Restaurant Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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