GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) versus Yoshiharu Global (NASDAQ:YOSH) Head-To-Head Comparison

Yoshiharu Global (NASDAQ:YOSH) and GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 69.5% of Yoshiharu Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Yoshiharu Global has a beta of 2.94, suggesting that its stock price is 194% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Yoshiharu Global and GEN Restaurant Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yoshiharu Global	0	0	0	0	N/A
GEN Restaurant Group	0	0	3	0	3.00

GEN Restaurant Group has a consensus target price of $13.17, indicating a potential upside of 50.82%. Given GEN Restaurant Group’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GEN Restaurant Group is more favorable than Yoshiharu Global.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Yoshiharu Global and GEN Restaurant Group’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yoshiharu Global	$9.22 million	0.65	-$3.04 million	($3.40)	-1.41
GEN Restaurant Group	$195.29 million	1.45	$8.41 million	$0.18	48.50

GEN Restaurant Group has higher revenue and earnings than Yoshiharu Global. Yoshiharu Global 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yoshiharu Global	-29.04%	-105.07%	-20.96%
GEN Restaurant Group	0.56%	2.76%	0.55%

Summary

GEN Restaurant Group beats Yoshiharu Global on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Yoshiharu Global

Yoshiharu Global Co., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of Japanese restaurants in California. It offers bone broth, ramen, sushi rolls, bento boxes, and other Japanese cuisines. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Buena Park, California.

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.