NDLS vs. FRGI, LOCO, GENK, NATH, PBPB, LVO, STKS, THCH, RRGB, and FAT
Should you be buying Noodles & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Noodles & Company include Fiesta Restaurant Group (FRGI), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Potbelly (PBPB), LiveOne (LVO), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), TH International (THCH), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), and FAT Brands (FAT). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) and Fiesta Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FRGI) 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 valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fiesta Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Fiesta Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Noodles & Company shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Fiesta Restaurant Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Noodles & Company had 3 more articles in the media than Fiesta Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Noodles & Company and 0 mentions for Fiesta Restaurant Group. Fiesta Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Noodles & Company's score of 0.18 indicating that Fiesta Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fiesta Restaurant Group received 62 more outperform votes than Noodles & Company when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.83% of users gave Fiesta Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 56.47% of users gave Noodles & Company an outperform vote.
Noodles & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Fiesta Restaurant Group. Fiesta Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Noodles & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Noodles & Company presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 82.77%. Given Noodles & Company's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Noodles & Company is more favorable than Fiesta Restaurant Group.
Fiesta Restaurant Group has a net margin of -1.25% compared to Noodles & Company's net margin of -2.58%. Fiesta Restaurant Group's return on equity of 0.82% beat Noodles & Company's return on equity.
Summary
Fiesta Restaurant Group beats Noodles & Company on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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