NDLS vs. GENK, FLL, MRNO, THCH, STKS, CNTY, LVO, FATBB, FAT, 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), Full House Resorts (FLL), Murano Global Investments (MRNO), TH International (THCH), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Century Casinos (CNTY), LiveOne (LVO), FAT Brands (FATBB), FAT Brands (FAT), 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Noodles & Company currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 127.27%. GEN Restaurant Group has a consensus target price of $13.17, indicating a potential upside of 132.22%. Given GEN Restaurant Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than Noodles & Company.
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.
65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Noodles & Company received 372 more outperform votes than GEN Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave GEN Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 55.62% 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, Noodles & Company had 1 more articles in the media than GEN Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Noodles & Company and 2 mentions for GEN Restaurant Group. GEN Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Noodles & Company's score of 0.37 indicating that GEN Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
GEN Restaurant Group beats Noodles & Company on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NDLS) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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