Sonder (SOND) Competitors

Sonder (NASDAQ:SOND) and ONE Group Hospitality (NASDAQ:STKS) are both small-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SOND or STKS?

ONE Group Hospitality has higher revenue and earnings than Sonder. ONE Group Hospitality is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sonder, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sonder	$621.27M	0.04	-$224.09M	-$15.18	-0.11
ONE Group Hospitality	$673.34M	0.12	-$15.82M	-$1.50	-1.78

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SOND or STKS?

45.9% of Sonder shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of ONE Group Hospitality shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Sonder shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of ONE Group Hospitality shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate SOND or STKS?

ONE Group Hospitality has a consensus price target of $4.63, suggesting a potential upside of 73.55%. Given ONE Group Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ONE Group Hospitality is more favorable than Sonder.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sonder	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ONE Group Hospitality	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to SOND or STKS?

In the previous week, ONE Group Hospitality had 3 more articles in the media than Sonder. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ONE Group Hospitality and 2 mentions for Sonder. Sonder's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat ONE Group Hospitality's score of 0.38 indicating that Sonder is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sonder	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ONE Group Hospitality	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is SOND or STKS more profitable?

ONE Group Hospitality has a net margin of -1.91% compared to Sonder's net margin of -28.31%. ONE Group Hospitality's return on equity of 69.82% beat Sonder's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sonder	-28.31%	N/A	-14.94%
ONE Group Hospitality	-1.91%	69.82%	2.77%

Which has more volatility & risk, SOND or STKS?

Sonder has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ONE Group Hospitality has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ONE Group Hospitality beats Sonder on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.