Target Hospitality (TH) Competitors

Arcos Dorados (NYSE:ARCO) and Target Hospitality (NASDAQ:TH) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has better valuation and earnings, ARCO or TH?

Arcos Dorados has higher revenue and earnings than Target Hospitality. Target Hospitality is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcos Dorados, 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
Arcos Dorados	$4.47B	0.39	$181.27M	$0.72	11.45
Target Hospitality	$428.80M	1.55	$173.70M	$0.87	7.72

Which has more volatility & risk, ARCO or TH?

Arcos Dorados has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target Hospitality has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ARCO or TH?

55.9% of Arcos Dorados shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.4% of Target Hospitality shares are held by institutional investors. 67.0% of Target Hospitality shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ARCO or TH?

In the previous week, Target Hospitality had 5 more articles in the media than Arcos Dorados. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Target Hospitality and 5 mentions for Arcos Dorados. Target Hospitality's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Arcos Dorados' score of 0.45 indicating that Target Hospitality is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arcos Dorados	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Target Hospitality	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ARCO or TH?

Arcos Dorados presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.54%. Target Hospitality has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.81%. Given Target Hospitality's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Target Hospitality is more favorable than Arcos Dorados.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arcos Dorados	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Target Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is ARCO or TH more profitable?

Target Hospitality has a net margin of 20.84% compared to Arcos Dorados' net margin of 3.25%. Arcos Dorados' return on equity of 29.74% beat Target Hospitality's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arcos Dorados	3.25%	29.74%	4.99%
Target Hospitality	20.84%	22.80%	12.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARCO or TH?

Arcos Dorados received 258 more outperform votes than Target Hospitality when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.31% of users gave Arcos Dorados an outperform vote while only 51.43% of users gave Target Hospitality an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arcos Dorados	Outperform Votes 276 55.31%	Underperform Votes 223 44.69%
Target Hospitality	Outperform Votes 18 51.43%	Underperform Votes 17 48.57%

Summary

Target Hospitality beats Arcos Dorados on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.