Contrasting GEN Restaurant Group (GENK) and Its Competitors

GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) is one of 75 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 earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of shares of all “Eating places” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of shares of all “Eating places” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for GEN Restaurant Group and its rivals, as provided 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	554	4837	6330	322	2.53

GEN Restaurant Group presently has a consensus price target of $13.83, indicating a potential upside of 38.47%. As a group, “Eating places” companies have a potential upside of 4.39%. Given GEN Restaurant Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than its rivals.

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	-9.01%	-451.72%	-5.30%

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	55.50
GEN Restaurant Group Competitors	$2.18 billion	$247.82 million	27.19

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.