Yoshiharu Global (NASDAQ:YOSH – Get Free Report) and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (NASDAQ:RRGB – 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Risk and Volatility
Yoshiharu Global has a beta of 2.91, suggesting that its share price is 191% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a beta of 2.79, suggesting that its share price is 179% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
84.0% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are held by institutional investors. 69.5% of Yoshiharu Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Yoshiharu Global | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Red Robin Gourmet Burgers | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a consensus target price of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 132.99%. Given Red Robin Gourmet Burgers’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is more favorable than Yoshiharu Global.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Yoshiharu Global and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Yoshiharu Global | $9.22 million | 0.52 | -$3.04 million | ($3.40) | -1.15 |
| Red Robin Gourmet Burgers | $1.30 billion | 0.08 | -$21.23 million | ($1.34) | -5.04 |
Yoshiharu Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yoshiharu Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Yoshiharu Global and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Yoshiharu Global | -33.01% | -92.09% | -22.00% |
| Red Robin Gourmet Burgers | -1.61% | -17,823.75% | -2.91% |
Summary
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers beats Yoshiharu Global on 7 of the 12 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 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises casual-dining restaurants, in North America and one Canadian province. Its restaurants primarily offer burgers and pizza, appetizers, salads, soups, other entrees, desserts, wings, milkshakes, alcoholic and non-alcoholic specialty drinks, cocktails, wine, and beers. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.
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