Contrasting GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) and California Beach Restaurants (OTCMKTS:CBHR)

GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) and California Beach Restaurants (OTCMKTS:CBHR) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares GEN Restaurant Group and California Beach Restaurants”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GEN Restaurant Group	$208.38 million	0.98	$8.41 million	$0.14	44.21
California Beach Restaurants	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

GEN Restaurant Group has higher revenue and earnings than California Beach Restaurants.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for GEN Restaurant Group and California Beach Restaurants, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GEN Restaurant Group	0	0	3	0	3.00
California Beach Restaurants	0	0	0	0	0.00

GEN Restaurant Group presently has a consensus target price of $11.63, indicating a potential upside of 87.80%. Given GEN Restaurant Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than California Beach Restaurants.

Volatility and Risk

GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, California Beach Restaurants has a beta of 7.59, indicating that its share price is 659% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares GEN Restaurant Group and California Beach Restaurants’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GEN Restaurant Group	0.39%	1.83%	0.37%
California Beach Restaurants	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 61.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.5% of California Beach Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

GEN Restaurant Group beats California Beach Restaurants on 9 of the 10 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 California Beach Restaurants

California Beach Restaurants, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Sea View Restaurants, Inc., engages in the ownership and operation of Gladstone's 4 Fish restaurant in Pacific Palisades, California.