Nathan's Famous (NATH) Competitors

Del Taco Restaurants (NASDAQ:TACO) and Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) 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 community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TACO or NATH?

83.3% of Del Taco Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Del Taco Restaurants shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.7% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TACO or NATH?

Del Taco Restaurants received 244 more outperform votes than Nathan's Famous when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.96% of users gave Nathan's Famous an outperform vote while only 57.06% of users gave Del Taco Restaurants an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Del Taco Restaurants	Outperform Votes 396 57.06%	Underperform Votes 298 42.94%
Nathan's Famous	Outperform Votes 152 64.96%	Underperform Votes 82 35.04%

Which has better valuation and earnings, TACO or NATH?

Nathan's Famous has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Del Taco Restaurants. Nathan's Famous is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Del Taco 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
Del Taco Restaurants	$491.88M	0.93	-$89.74M	$0.53	23.60
Nathan's Famous	$138.61M	2.44	$19.62M	$5.34	15.52

Which has more risk and volatility, TACO or NATH?

Del Taco Restaurants has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nathan's Famous has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TACO or NATH more profitable?

Nathan's Famous has a net margin of 15.18% compared to Del Taco Restaurants' net margin of 3.83%. Del Taco Restaurants' return on equity of 9.43% beat Nathan's Famous' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Del Taco Restaurants	3.83%	9.43%	2.73%
Nathan's Famous	15.18%	-76.12%	41.97%

Does the media favor TACO or NATH?

In the previous week, Del Taco Restaurants had 4 more articles in the media than Nathan's Famous. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Del Taco Restaurants and 2 mentions for Nathan's Famous. Del Taco Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Nathan's Famous' score of -0.03 indicating that Del Taco Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Del Taco Restaurants	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nathan's Famous	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TACO or NATH a better dividend stock?

Del Taco Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Nathan's Famous pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Del Taco Restaurants pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nathan's Famous pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Del Taco Restaurants beats Nathan's Famous on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.