Sweetgreen (NYSE:SG – Get Free Report) and BurgerFi International (NASDAQ:BFI – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Sweetgreen and BurgerFi International, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sweetgreen | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 |
| BurgerFi International | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Sweetgreen presently has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.94%. BurgerFi International has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 903.01%. Given BurgerFi International’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BurgerFi International is more favorable than Sweetgreen.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sweetgreen | $584.04 million | 3.93 | -$113.38 million | ($1.00) | -20.31 |
| BurgerFi International | $170.10 million | 0.06 | -$30.71 million | ($1.22) | -0.33 |
BurgerFi International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BurgerFi International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Sweetgreen has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BurgerFi International has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Sweetgreen and BurgerFi International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sweetgreen | -19.41% | -21.58% | -12.36% |
| BurgerFi International | -18.05% | -34.41% | -8.81% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
95.8% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of BurgerFi International shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.0% of Sweetgreen shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of BurgerFi International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Sweetgreen beats BurgerFi International on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sweetgreen
Sweetgreen, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates fast food restaurants serving healthy foods at scale in the United States. The company also accepts orders through its online and mobile ordering platforms, as well as sells gift cards that do not have an expiration date and can be redeemed. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
About BurgerFi International
BurgerFi International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and franchises fast-casual and premium-casual dining restaurants under BurgerFi and Anthony's brand name in the United States. It operates through BurgerFi and Anthony's segments. The company's restaurants offer burgers, hot dogs, crispy chicken, frozen custard, hand-cut fries, shakes, beer, wine; and pizza, coal fired chicken wings, homemade meatballs, and handcrafted sandwiches and salads. The company was formerly known as Opes Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to BurgerFi International, Inc. in December 2020. BurgerFi International, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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