SG vs. HGV, CHA, TNL, MLCO, BH.A, PK, SHCO, ARCO, XHR, and HDL
Should you be buying Sweetgreen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sweetgreen include Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Chagee (CHA), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Biglari (BH.A), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), and Super Hi International (HDL). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Sweetgreen vs. Its Competitors
Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) and Sweetgreen (NYSE:SG) are both restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Hilton Grand Vacations has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sweetgreen has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hilton Grand Vacations has higher revenue and earnings than Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Grand Vacations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.2% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hilton Grand Vacations has a net margin of 1.14% compared to Sweetgreen's net margin of -14.29%. Hilton Grand Vacations' return on equity of 9.71% beat Sweetgreen's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hilton Grand Vacations had 4 more articles in the media than Sweetgreen. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Hilton Grand Vacations and 7 mentions for Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Hilton Grand Vacations' score of 1.15 indicating that Sweetgreen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hilton Grand Vacations presently has a consensus target price of $53.29, indicating a potential upside of 12.13%. Sweetgreen has a consensus target price of $17.69, indicating a potential upside of 94.55%. Given Sweetgreen's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sweetgreen is more favorable than Hilton Grand Vacations.
Summary
Hilton Grand Vacations beats Sweetgreen on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:SG) was last updated on 8/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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