NDLS vs. GENK, MRNO, FLL, STKS, THCH, LVO, FATBB, FAT, CNTY, and ARKR
Should you be buying Noodles & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Noodles & Company include GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), Murano Global Investments (MRNO), Full House Resorts (FLL), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), TH International (THCH), LiveOne (LVO), FAT Brands (FATBB), FAT Brands (FAT), Century Casinos (CNTY), and Ark Restaurants (ARKR). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Noodles & Company vs.
Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) and GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Noodles & Company presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 215.79%. GEN Restaurant Group has a consensus price target of $11.63, indicating a potential upside of 166.02%. Given Noodles & Company's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Noodles & Company is more favorable than GEN Restaurant Group.
Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GEN Restaurant Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Noodles & Company. Noodles & Company 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.
Noodles & Company received 372 more outperform votes than GEN Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.75% of users gave GEN Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 55.52% of users gave Noodles & Company an outperform vote.
GEN Restaurant Group has a net margin of 0.39% compared to Noodles & Company's net margin of -6.59%. GEN Restaurant Group's return on equity of 1.83% beat Noodles & Company's return on equity.
In the previous week, GEN Restaurant Group had 2 more articles in the media than Noodles & Company. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for GEN Restaurant Group and 0 mentions for Noodles & Company. GEN Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Noodles & Company's score of 0.00 indicating that GEN Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Noodles & Company shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 61.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
GEN Restaurant Group beats Noodles & Company on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NDLS) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff