PBPB vs. CNNE, PTLO, FWRG, BALY, MSC, KRUS, TH, LOCO, CVEO, and GHG
Should you be buying Potbelly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Potbelly include Cannae (CNNE), Portillo's (PTLO), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Bally's (BALY), Studio City International (MSC), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), Target Hospitality (TH), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Civeo (CVEO), and GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Potbelly vs.
Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) and Cannae (NYSE:CNNE) 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 dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.
Potbelly has higher revenue and earnings than Cannae. Cannae is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Potbelly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Potbelly has a net margin of 8.14% compared to Cannae's net margin of -68.61%. Potbelly's return on equity of 18.69% beat Cannae's return on equity.
Potbelly has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cannae has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
72.6% of Potbelly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Cannae shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Potbelly shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Cannae shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Potbelly presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 69.85%. Cannae has a consensus price target of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.80%. Given Potbelly's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Potbelly is more favorable than Cannae.
Potbelly received 208 more outperform votes than Cannae when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave Potbelly an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave Cannae an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cannae had 6 more articles in the media than Potbelly. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cannae and 8 mentions for Potbelly. Cannae's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Potbelly's score of 0.03 indicating that Cannae is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Potbelly beats Cannae on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PBPB) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
