Head-To-Head Survey: Good Times Restaurants (NASDAQ:GTIM) vs. Arc Group (OTCMKTS:RLLY)

Arc Group (OTCMKTS:RLLY) and Good Times Restaurants (NASDAQ:GTIM) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Arc Group and Good Times Restaurants, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arc Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Good Times Restaurants	1	0	0	0	1.00

Given Arc Group’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arc Group is more favorable than Good Times Restaurants.

Profitability

This table compares Arc Group and Good Times Restaurants’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arc Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Good Times Restaurants	0.72%	4.57%	1.75%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Arc Group and Good Times Restaurants”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arc Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Good Times Restaurants	$141.63 million	0.08	$1.02 million	$0.10	11.40

Good Times Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than Arc Group.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

12.1% of Good Times Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of Arc Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of Good Times Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Good Times Restaurants beats Arc Group on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Arc Group

ARC Group, Inc. engages in the operation of Dick’s Wings brand of restaurants. It offers its traditional and boneless chicken wings, hog wings, and duck wings spun in its signature sauces and seasonings. The firm oprates through the following segments; Company-Owned Restaurants and Franchise Operations. The Company-Owned Restaurants are casual dining restaurants. The Franchise Operations segment offers franchises for the Dick’s Wings brand. It also offers craft beers under the name Dick’s Craft Beers. The company was founded in April 2000 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

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.