SG vs. SHAK, RRR, CHA, ATAT, HGV, TNL, MLCO, BH.A, PK, and PLYA
Should you be buying Sweetgreen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sweetgreen include Shake Shack (SHAK), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Chagee (CHA), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Biglari (BH.A), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), and Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Sweetgreen vs. Its Competitors
Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) and Sweetgreen (NYSE:SG) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Shake Shack currently has a consensus target price of $125.95, indicating a potential downside of 7.90%. Sweetgreen has a consensus target price of $24.85, indicating a potential upside of 90.12%. Given Sweetgreen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sweetgreen is more favorable than Shake Shack.
Shake Shack has a net margin of 0.97% compared to Sweetgreen's net margin of -13.04%. Shake Shack's return on equity of 8.45% beat Sweetgreen's return on equity.
Shake Shack has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sweetgreen has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
86.1% of Shake Shack shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Shake Shack shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Shake Shack has higher revenue and earnings than Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shake Shack, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Shake Shack had 22 more articles in the media than Sweetgreen. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Shake Shack and 6 mentions for Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Shake Shack's score of 0.38 indicating that Sweetgreen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Shake Shack beats Sweetgreen on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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