Sweetgreen (SG) Competitors

Sweetgreen (NYSE:SG) and H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SG or HTHT?

H World Group received 448 more outperform votes than Sweetgreen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave H World Group an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave Sweetgreen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sweetgreen	Outperform Votes 39 54.17%	Underperform Votes 33 45.83%
H World Group	Outperform Votes 487 68.02%	Underperform Votes 229 31.98%

Is SG or HTHT more profitable?

H World Group has a net margin of 15.97% compared to Sweetgreen's net margin of -13.27%. H World Group's return on equity of 30.41% beat Sweetgreen's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sweetgreen	-13.27%	-18.82%	-10.39%
H World Group	15.97%	30.41%	6.04%

Which has more risk & volatility, SG or HTHT?

Sweetgreen has a beta of 2.44, suggesting that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H World Group has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SG or HTHT?

Sweetgreen currently has a consensus price target of $36.27, suggesting a potential upside of 37.78%. H World Group has a consensus price target of $44.68, suggesting a potential upside of 17.86%. Given Sweetgreen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sweetgreen is more favorable than H World Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sweetgreen	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
H World Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer SG or HTHT?

In the previous week, H World Group had 19 more articles in the media than Sweetgreen. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for H World Group and 8 mentions for Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat H World Group's score of 0.56 indicating that Sweetgreen is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sweetgreen	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
H World Group	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SG or HTHT?

95.8% of Sweetgreen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of H World Group shares are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of Sweetgreen shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.4% of H World Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SG or HTHT?

H World Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H World Group, 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
Sweetgreen	$676.83M	4.56	-$113.38M	-$0.79	-33.33
H World Group	$23.89B	0.50	$575M	$1.34	28.29

Summary

H World Group beats Sweetgreen on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.