PBPB vs. KRUS, SHCO, TH, BALY, LOCO, CVEO, GENK, GHG, FLL, and MRNO
Should you be buying Potbelly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Potbelly include Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), Target Hospitality (TH), Bally's (BALY), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Civeo (CVEO), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Full House Resorts (FLL), and Murano Global Investments (MRNO). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Potbelly vs.
Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS) and Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Potbelly received 255 more outperform votes than Kura Sushi USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.39% of users gave Potbelly an outperform vote while only 60.28% of users gave Kura Sushi USA an outperform vote.
65.5% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.6% of Potbelly shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Potbelly shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Potbelly has a net margin of 8.14% compared to Kura Sushi USA's net margin of -3.70%. Potbelly's return on equity of 18.69% beat Kura Sushi USA's return on equity.
Potbelly has higher revenue and earnings than Kura Sushi USA. Kura Sushi USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Potbelly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Potbelly had 1 more articles in the media than Kura Sushi USA. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Potbelly and 3 mentions for Kura Sushi USA. Potbelly's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Kura Sushi USA's score of 0.72 indicating that Potbelly is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kura Sushi USA has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Potbelly has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kura Sushi USA currently has a consensus price target of $84.88, suggesting a potential downside of 9.34%. Potbelly has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 77.38%. Given Potbelly's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Potbelly is more favorable than Kura Sushi USA.
Summary
Potbelly beats Kura Sushi USA on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PBPB) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
