GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK) vs Noodles & Company (NDLS)

GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. and Noodles & Company are both Restaurants companies. Noodles & Company is the larger, with a market value of $77.0M against $56.0M — 1.4× the size. Noodles & Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.19% against −2.94%. GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (−2.09% vs −4.71%) and the lower return on invested capital (−56.5% vs −15.3%). Across the 17 metrics below, Noodles & Company leads on 12 and GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric GENK NDLS Restaurants median
P/E n/m n/m 22.14
P/S 0.04 0.15 0.91
P/B 0.58 n/m 2.01
Price to free cash flow n/m 19.87 19.41
EV/EBITDA n/m 16.40 11.48
EV/Sales 0.12 0.42 1.20
Earnings yield (47.70%) (31.80%) 2.30%
Free cash flow yield (208.68%) 5.03% 3.92%

Profitability

Metric GENK NDLS Restaurants median
Gross margin 62.73% 75.00% 38.77%
Operating margin (13.49%) (2.58%) 4.30%
Net margin (2.09%) (4.71%) 1.85%
Free cash flow margin (9.28%) 0.76% 3.12%
Return on equity (15.38%) 57.04% 3.07%
Return on assets (1.77%) (8.80%) 1.50%
Return on invested capital (56.50%) (15.33%) 3.14%

Growth

Metric GENK NDLS Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.94%) 0.19% 5.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (553.85%) (15.00%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 27.67% 4.69% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GENK NDLS Restaurants median
Debt to equity 1.33 (2.05) 0.10
Current ratio 0.29 0.29 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA (2.01) (29.34) 0.43

Dividend

Metric GENK NDLS Restaurants median
Dividend yield — — 2.32%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric GENK NDLS Restaurants median
Market cap 56.04m 77.03m 482.66m

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