GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.

NasdaqGM:GENK Stock Report

Market Cap: US$245.0m

GEN Restaurant Group Valuation

Is GENK undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of GENK when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate GENK's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate GENK's fair value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GENK?

Key metric: As GENK is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GENK. This is calculated by dividing GENK's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GENK's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio47.5x
EarningsUS$772.00k
Market CapUS$245.02m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GENK's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GENK vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.5x
PBPB Potbelly
7.3x-88.2%US$281.4m
DENN Denny's
17x30.9%US$301.3m
NATH Nathan's Famous
15xn/aUS$327.3m
LOCO El Pollo Loco Holdings
14.7x9.4%US$353.6m
GENK GEN Restaurant Group
47.5x11.1%US$245.0m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GENK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (47.5x) compared to the peer average (13.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GENK's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Hospitality Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
THRS.F Agility Real Estate
1.7xn/aUS$2.05m
No more companies available in this PE range
GENK 47.5xIndustry Avg. 23.8xNo. of Companies14PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GENK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (47.5x) compared to the US Hospitality industry average (23.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GENK's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GENK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio47.5x
Fair PE Ratio13.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GENK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (47.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst GENK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$7.47
US$13.17
+76.3%
6.5%US$14.00US$12.00n/a3
Dec ’25US$8.48
US$13.17
+55.3%
6.5%US$14.00US$12.00n/a3
Nov ’25US$9.03
US$13.17
+45.8%
6.5%US$14.00US$12.00n/a3
Oct ’25US$8.27
US$13.17
+59.2%
6.5%US$14.00US$12.00n/a3
Sep ’25US$9.12
US$13.17
+44.4%
6.5%US$14.00US$12.00n/a3
Aug ’25US$9.55
US$13.17
+37.9%
6.5%US$14.00US$12.00n/a3
Jul ’25US$8.67
US$13.83
+59.6%
1.7%US$14.00US$13.50n/a3
Jun ’25US$11.13
US$13.83
+24.3%
1.7%US$14.00US$13.50n/a3
May ’25US$9.80
US$11.33
+15.6%
16.6%US$14.00US$10.00n/a3
Apr ’25US$12.54
US$11.33
-9.6%
16.6%US$14.00US$10.00n/a3
Mar ’25US$7.63
US$14.33
+87.9%
8.7%US$16.00US$13.00n/a3
Feb ’25US$7.89
US$15.33
+94.3%
6.1%US$16.00US$14.00n/a3
Jan ’25US$7.83
US$16.67
+112.9%
15.0%US$20.00US$14.00n/a3
Dec ’24US$7.42
US$16.67
+124.6%
15.0%US$20.00US$14.00US$8.483
Nov ’24US$8.57
US$25.00
+191.7%
6.5%US$27.00US$23.00US$9.033
Oct ’24US$11.64
US$25.00
+114.8%
6.5%US$27.00US$23.00US$8.273
Sep ’24US$16.89
US$25.00
+48.0%
6.5%US$27.00US$23.00US$9.123
Aug ’24US$19.80
US$26.00
+31.3%
11.3%US$30.00US$23.00US$9.553

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 01:01
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. is covered by 3 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Todd BrooksBenchmark Company
Jeremy HamblinCraig-Hallum Capital Group LLC
George KellyRoth MKM