Sportradar Group (NASDAQ:SRAD – Get Free Report) and First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Sportradar Group and First Watch Restaurant Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sportradar Group | $1.46 billion | 2.65 | $113.50 million | $0.06 | 215.17 |
| First Watch Restaurant Group | $1.22 billion | 0.57 | $19.43 million | $0.29 | 39.14 |
Profitability
This table compares Sportradar Group and First Watch Restaurant Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sportradar Group | 1.23% | 1.89% | 0.65% |
| First Watch Restaurant Group | 1.35% | 2.85% | 1.01% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Sportradar Group and First Watch Restaurant Group, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sportradar Group | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2.60 |
| First Watch Restaurant Group | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2.91 |
Sportradar Group currently has a consensus price target of $19.19, suggesting a potential upside of 48.63%. First Watch Restaurant Group has a consensus price target of $18.56, suggesting a potential upside of 63.49%. Given First Watch Restaurant Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Watch Restaurant Group is more favorable than Sportradar Group.
Volatility and Risk
Sportradar Group has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Watch Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
First Watch Restaurant Group beats Sportradar Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sportradar Group
Sportradar Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides sports data services for the sports betting and media industries in the United Kingdom, the United States, Malta, Switzerland, and internationally. Its sports data services to the bookmaking under the Betradar brand name, and to the international media industry under the Sportradar Media Services brand name. The company offers mission-critical software, data, and content to sports leagues and federations, betting operators, and media companies. It also provides sports entertainment, gaming, and sports solutions, as well as live streaming solution for online, mobile, and retail sports betting. In addition, its software solutions address the entire sports betting value chain from traffic generation and advertising technology to the collection, processing, and extrapolation of data and odds, as well as to visualization solutions, risk management, and platform services. Sportradar Group AG was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
About First Watch Restaurant Group
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates and franchises restaurants under the First Watch trade name in the United States. The company was formerly known as AI Fresh Super Holdco, Inc. and changed its name to First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. in December 2019. First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Bradenton, Florida.
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