GEN Restaurant Group (GENK) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Analysis

GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) is one of 72 public companies in the “Eating places” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare GEN Restaurant Group to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Profitability

This table compares GEN Restaurant Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GEN Restaurant Group	0.44%	2.32%	0.43%
GEN Restaurant Group Competitors	-9.25%	-466.83%	-5.35%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for GEN Restaurant Group and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GEN Restaurant Group	0	0	4	0	3.00
GEN Restaurant Group Competitors	538	4659	5997	320	2.53

GEN Restaurant Group presently has a consensus target price of $13.83, indicating a potential upside of 19.46%. As a group, “Eating places” companies have a potential upside of 5.25%. Given GEN Restaurant Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of shares of all “Eating places” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of shares of all “Eating places” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares GEN Restaurant Group and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GEN Restaurant Group	$181.01 million	$8.41 million	64.33
GEN Restaurant Group Competitors	$2.10 billion	$237.62 million	28.67

GEN Restaurant Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than GEN Restaurant Group. GEN Restaurant Group is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

GEN Restaurant Group beats its rivals on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About GEN Restaurant Group

GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. operates restaurants in California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, Texas, New York, and Florida. It offers meats, poultry, and seafood. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Cerritos, California.