Critical Contrast: Yoshiharu Global (NASDAQ:YOSH) versus Good Times Restaurants (NASDAQ:GTIM)

Insider and Institutional Ownership

12.1% of Good Times Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.7% of Good Times Restaurants shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.2% of Yoshiharu Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Good Times Restaurants has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yoshiharu Global has a beta of 2.77, meaning that its share price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Good Times Restaurants and Yoshiharu Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Good Times Restaurants	1.13%	4.98%	1.80%
Yoshiharu Global	-27.41%	-264.46%	-21.23%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Good Times Restaurants and Yoshiharu Global”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Good Times Restaurants	$142.32 million	0.19	$11.09 million	$0.15	17.00
Yoshiharu Global	$11.65 million	0.36	-$3.04 million	N/A	N/A

Good Times Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than Yoshiharu Global.

Summary

Good Times Restaurants beats Yoshiharu Global on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Good Times Restaurants

Good Times Restaurants Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the restaurant business in the United States. It operates and franchises Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard, an upscale quick-service drive-through dining restaurant; and owns, operates, franchises, and licenses Bad Daddy's Burger Bar, a full-service upscale casual dining restaurant. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Golden, Colorado.

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.