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NDLS vs. GENK, MRNO, FLL, THCH, STKS, LVO, CNTY, FAT, FATBB, 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), TH International (THCH), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), LiveOne (LVO), Century Casinos (CNTY), FAT Brands (FAT), FAT Brands (FATBB), 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Noodles & CompanyOutperform Votes
387
55.52%
Underperform Votes
310
44.48%
GEN Restaurant GroupOutperform Votes
15
93.75%
Underperform Votes
1
6.25%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Noodles & Company-6.59% -108.23% -4.78%
GEN Restaurant Group 0.39%1.83%0.37%

65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 61.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, GEN Restaurant Group had 3 more articles in the media than Noodles & Company. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for GEN Restaurant Group and 1 mentions for Noodles & Company. Noodles & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat GEN Restaurant Group's score of 0.48 indicating that Noodles & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Noodles & Company
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
GEN Restaurant Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Noodles & Company$493.27M0.10-$9.86M-$0.80-1.39
GEN Restaurant Group$208.38M0.76$8.41M$0.1433.93

Noodles & Company currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 170.27%. GEN Restaurant Group has a consensus target price of $11.63, suggesting a potential upside of 144.74%. Given Noodles & Company's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Noodles & Company is more favorable than GEN Restaurant Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Noodles & Company
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
GEN Restaurant Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

GEN Restaurant Group beats Noodles & Company on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NDLS vs. The Competition

MetricNoodles & CompanyEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$50.77M$9.11B$23.38B$7.50B
Dividend YieldN/A4.61%171.25%4.05%
P/E Ratio-1.5226.5322.3618.08
Price / Sales0.101.883.9886.83
Price / Cash3.2919.1719.4934.64
Price / Book1.855.475.373.99
Net Income-$9.86M$318.00M$784.47M$247.18M
7 Day Performance-1.77%-3.23%-4.30%-4.25%
1 Month Performance-15.27%-7.26%-3.85%-6.87%
1 Year Performance-32.32%-5.27%-4.75%-3.73%

Noodles & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NDLS
Noodles & Company
4.0863 of 5 stars
$1.11
-5.9%
$3.00
+170.3%
-36.6%$50.77M$493.27M-1.528,000Gap Down
GENK
GEN Restaurant Group
2.6437 of 5 stars
$6.00
-3.1%
$11.63
+93.8%
-61.0%$198.82M$208.38M35.292,500Gap Down
MRNO
Murano Global Investments
N/A$11.42
+2.3%
N/A-19.1%$161.43M$547.42M0.00N/APositive News
FLL
Full House Resorts
2.5738 of 5 stars
$4.47
+4.4%
$6.33
+41.7%
-31.3%$160.37M$292.07M-3.791,160Positive News
Gap Down
THCH
TH International
1.0063 of 5 stars
$3.06
+2.2%
N/A-89.8%$101.38M$1.45B-1.204,621News Coverage
Gap Down
STKS
ONE Group Hospitality
1.2013 of 5 stars
$2.89
+3.2%
$4.25
+47.1%
-50.6%$89.71M$673.34M-3.613,360Gap Down
LVO
LiveOne
2.0892 of 5 stars
$0.86
+1.1%
$2.75
+221.6%
-66.5%$82.17M$126.02M-6.58180Gap Down
CNTY
Century Casinos
3.5639 of 5 stars
$1.80
flat
$5.50
+205.6%
-47.4%$55.23M$575.92M-0.742,290Positive News
Gap Down
FAT
FAT Brands
2.5015 of 5 stars
$2.99
-0.3%
$12.00
+301.3%
-63.3%$53.20M$592.65M-0.327,390Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
FATBB
FAT Brands
1.6159 of 5 stars
$2.97
-8.9%
N/A-57.5%$52.85M$592.65M-0.325,200Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ARKR
Ark Restaurants
0.7493 of 5 stars
$9.84
-1.5%
N/A-30.6%$35.46M$181.05M-16.971,862Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:NDLS) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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