HCHL vs. PBPB, LOCO, CVEO, GHG, STKS, FLL, GENK, THCH, LVO, and CNTY
Should you be buying Happy City stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Happy City include Potbelly (PBPB), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Civeo (CVEO), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Full House Resorts (FLL), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), TH International (THCH), LiveOne (LVO), and Century Casinos (CNTY). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Happy City vs. Its Competitors
Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) and Happy City (NASDAQ:HCHL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
72.6% of Potbelly shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Potbelly shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Potbelly currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.33%. Given Potbelly's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Potbelly is more favorable than Happy City.
Potbelly has higher revenue and earnings than Happy City.
Potbelly has a net margin of 9.24% compared to Happy City's net margin of 0.00%. Potbelly's return on equity of 16.58% beat Happy City's return on equity.
In the previous week, Potbelly had 3 more articles in the media than Happy City. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Potbelly and 0 mentions for Happy City. Potbelly's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Happy City's score of -0.50 indicating that Potbelly is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Potbelly beats Happy City on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:HCHL) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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