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Noodles & Company (NDLS) Competitors

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$0.95 +0.00 (+0.11%)
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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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Noodles & Company$493.27M0.09-$9.86M-$0.80-1.19
GEN Restaurant Group$208.38M0.69$8.41M$0.1431.21

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%

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Noodles & Company Neutral
GEN Restaurant Group Very Positive

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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NDLS vs. The Competition

MetricNoodles & CompanyEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$43.61M$8.74B$23.60B$7.71B
Dividend YieldN/A5.01%170.21%4.33%
P/E Ratio-1.3025.6622.5118.33
Price / Sales0.091.834.21106.90
Price / Cash3.2919.1719.4134.62
Price / Book1.585.485.774.25
Net Income-$9.86M$318.00M$781.29M$247.64M
7 Day Performance7.34%1.23%2.85%6.06%
1 Month Performance-16.67%-9.80%-5.18%-3.79%
1 Year Performance-26.92%-8.77%3.78%4.59%

Noodles & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NDLS
Noodles & Company
3.8718 of 5 stars
$0.95
+0.1%
$3.00
+215.8%
-32.2%$43.61M$493.27M-1.308,000Gap Down
GENK
GEN Restaurant Group
3.2728 of 5 stars
$4.12
-0.5%
$11.63
+182.2%
-53.3%$136.52M$208.38M24.242,500Positive News
MRNO
Murano Global Investments
N/A$9.10
+0.2%
N/A+16.7%$128.69M$729.95M0.00N/AGap Up
FLL
Full House Resorts
1.8477 of 5 stars
$3.04
-1.9%
$6.33
+108.3%
-40.0%$109.37M$292.07M-2.581,160News Coverage
STKS
ONE Group Hospitality
1.4147 of 5 stars
$2.67
-9.8%
$4.50
+68.5%
-45.8%$82.88M$673.34M-3.343,360Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
THCH
TH International
0.9314 of 5 stars
$2.31
+0.4%
N/A-91.8%$76.66M$1.45B-0.913Positive News
LVO
LiveOne
1.3626 of 5 stars
$0.66
-8.9%
$1.50
+127.2%
-62.9%$63.43M$126.02M-5.08180
FATBB
FAT Brands
N/A$2.54
+1.6%
N/A-58.2%$45.19M$592.65M-0.285,200Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
FAT
FAT Brands
2.8634 of 5 stars
$2.52
+1.2%
$12.00
+376.2%
-66.9%$44.84M$592.65M-0.275,200Upcoming Earnings
CNTY
Century Casinos
3.6477 of 5 stars
$1.35
-3.6%
$5.50
+307.4%
-57.6%$41.42M$575.92M-0.562,290Positive News
ARKR
Ark Restaurants
0.9591 of 5 stars
$8.74
+4.9%
N/A-34.5%$31.48M$181.05M-15.061,900Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NDLS) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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