NDLS vs. HCHL, THCH, CNTY, LVO, FATBB, FAT, ARKR, SOND, GTIM, and YOSH
Should you be buying Noodles & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Noodles & Company include Happy City (HCHL), TH International (THCH), Century Casinos (CNTY), LiveOne (LVO), FAT Brands (FATBB), FAT Brands (FAT), Ark Restaurants (ARKR), Sonder (SOND), Good Times Restaurants (GTIM), and Yoshiharu Global (YOSH). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Noodles & Company vs. Its Competitors
Happy City (NASDAQ:HCHL) and Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.
Happy City has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Noodles & Company's net margin of -7.89%. Happy City's return on equity of 0.00% beat Noodles & Company's return on equity.
Happy City has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Noodles & Company.
65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Noodles & Company had 1 more articles in the media than Happy City. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Noodles & Company and 0 mentions for Happy City. Noodles & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Happy City's score of -0.50 indicating that Noodles & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Noodles & Company has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 278.26%. Given Noodles & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Noodles & Company is more favorable than Happy City.
Summary
Noodles & Company beats Happy City on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NDLS) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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