PBPB vs. ARCO, SHCO, CNNE, XHR, HDL, PLAY, MSC, FWRG, KRUS, and PTLO
Should you be buying Potbelly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Potbelly include Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), Cannae (CNNE), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Super Hi International (HDL), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Studio City Ih (MSC), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), and Portillo's (PTLO). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Potbelly vs. Its Competitors
Arcos Dorados (NYSE:ARCO) and Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Arcos Dorados has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Potbelly has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Arcos Dorados had 2 more articles in the media than Potbelly. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Arcos Dorados and 3 mentions for Potbelly. Arcos Dorados' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Potbelly's score of 0.49 indicating that Arcos Dorados is being referred to more favorably in the media.
55.9% of Arcos Dorados shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.6% of Potbelly shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Potbelly shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Arcos Dorados has higher revenue and earnings than Potbelly. Potbelly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcos Dorados, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Potbelly has a net margin of 9.24% compared to Arcos Dorados' net margin of 3.00%. Arcos Dorados' return on equity of 26.70% beat Potbelly's return on equity.
Arcos Dorados presently has a consensus target price of $8.80, indicating a potential upside of 20.38%. Potbelly has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.96%. Given Potbelly's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Potbelly is more favorable than Arcos Dorados.
Summary
Potbelly beats Arcos Dorados on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:PBPB) was last updated on 7/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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