Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) vs. GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) Head to Head Analysis

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) and GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Expedia Group and GEN Restaurant Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Expedia Group	$14.73 billion	2.58	$1.29 billion	$16.04	19.37
GEN Restaurant Group	$212.54 million	0.30	-$3.03 million	($0.74)	-2.65

Expedia Group has higher revenue and earnings than GEN Restaurant Group. GEN Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expedia Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Expedia Group and GEN Restaurant Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expedia Group	0	22	17	0	2.44
GEN Restaurant Group	1	2	1	0	2.00

Expedia Group currently has a consensus target price of $310.88, indicating a potential upside of 0.06%. GEN Restaurant Group has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 53.06%. Given GEN Restaurant Group’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than Expedia Group.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expedia Group	12.97%	87.32%	7.85%
GEN Restaurant Group	-1.86%	-4.50%	-0.56%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.8% of Expedia Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Expedia Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 59.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Expedia Group has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Expedia Group beats GEN Restaurant Group on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Expedia Group

Expedia Group, Inc. operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through B2C, B2B, and trivago segments. Its B2C segment includes Brand Expedia, a full-service online travel brand offers various travel products and services; Hotels.com for lodging accommodations; Vrbo, an online marketplace for the alternative accommodations; Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif Group, ebookers, CheapTickets, Hotwire.com and CarRentals.com. The company's B2B segment provides various travel and non-travel companies including airlines, offline travel agents, online retailers, corporate travel management, and financial institutions who leverage its travel technology and tap into its diverse supply to augment their offerings and market Expedia Group rates and availabilities to its travelers. Its trivago segment, a hotel metasearch website, which send referrals to online travel companies and travel service providers from hotel metasearch websites. In addition, the company provides brand advertising through online and offline channels, loyalty programs, mobile apps, and search engine marketing, as well as metasearch, social media, direct and personalized traveler communications on its websites, and through direct e-mail communication with its travelers. The company was formerly known as Expedia, Inc. and changed its name to Expedia Group, Inc. in March 2018. Expedia Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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.