Good Times Restaurants (GTIM) Competitors

LiveOne (NASDAQ:LVO) and Good Times Restaurants (NASDAQ:GTIM) are both small-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LVO or GTIM?

Good Times Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than LiveOne. LiveOne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Good Times 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
LiveOne	$100.53M	0.58	-$18.71M	-$0.20	-2.52
Good Times Restaurants	$142.32M	0.12	$1.61M	$0.12	13.50

Which has more volatility and risk, LVO or GTIM?

LiveOne has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Good Times Restaurants has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LVO or GTIM?

In the previous week, LiveOne had 4 more articles in the media than Good Times Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LiveOne and 1 mentions for Good Times Restaurants. Good Times Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat LiveOne's score of 0.38 indicating that Good Times Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LiveOne	Neutral
Good Times Restaurants	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LVO or GTIM?

21.3% of LiveOne shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of Good Times Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of LiveOne shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Good Times Restaurants shares are held by company 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.

Is LVO or GTIM more profitable?

Good Times Restaurants has a net margin of 0.88% compared to LiveOne's net margin of -18.52%. Good Times Restaurants' return on equity of 5.29% beat LiveOne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LiveOne	-18.52%	N/A	-20.69%
Good Times Restaurants	0.88%	5.29%	2.00%

Do analysts rate LVO or GTIM?

LiveOne presently has a consensus price target of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 197.86%. Given LiveOne's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe LiveOne is more favorable than Good Times Restaurants.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LiveOne	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Good Times Restaurants	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Good Times Restaurants beats LiveOne on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.