GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK – Get Free Report) and Biglari (NYSE:BH – Get Free Report) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares GEN Restaurant Group and Biglari’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
GEN Restaurant Group | $195.29 million | 1.35 | $8.41 million | $0.18 | 45.11 |
Biglari | $364.59 million | 1.17 | $54.95 million | $44.70 | 4.18 |
Biglari has higher revenue and earnings than GEN Restaurant Group. Biglari is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GEN Restaurant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Profitability
This table compares GEN Restaurant Group and Biglari’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
GEN Restaurant Group | 0.56% | 2.76% | 0.55% |
Biglari | 3.47% | 2.11% | 1.46% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for GEN Restaurant Group and Biglari, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
GEN Restaurant Group | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Biglari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
GEN Restaurant Group presently has a consensus target price of $13.17, suggesting a potential upside of 62.15%. Given GEN Restaurant Group’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than Biglari.
Volatility & Risk
GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 2.3, indicating that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biglari has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Biglari beats GEN Restaurant Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Biglari
Biglari Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, primarily operates and franchises restaurants in the United States. It owns, operates, and franchises restaurants under the Steak n Shake and Western Sizzlin names. The company also engages in underwriting commercial trucking insurance; selling physical damage and non-trucking liability insurance to truckers; and providing property and casualty insurance. In addition, it operates oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico; and publishes and sells magazines under the MAXIM brand name. Further, it licenses media products and services; and engages in the investment activities. The company was formerly known as The Steak n Shake Company and changed its name to Biglari Holdings Inc. in April 2010. Biglari Holdings Inc. was founded in 1934 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.
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