Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF) & Granite City Food & Brewery (OTCMKTS:GCFB) Financial Review

Granite City Food & Brewery (OTCMKTS:GCFB) and Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Granite City Food & Brewery has a beta of -0.46, meaning that its share price is 146% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xponential Fitness has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Granite City Food & Brewery and Xponential Fitness”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Granite City Food & Brewery	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Xponential Fitness	$314.88 million	0.76	-$33.79 million	($1.47)	-3.31

Granite City Food & Brewery has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xponential Fitness.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Granite City Food & Brewery and Xponential Fitness, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Granite City Food & Brewery	0	0	0	0	0.00
Xponential Fitness	1	10	1	0	2.00

Xponential Fitness has a consensus price target of $6.94, suggesting a potential upside of 42.57%. Given Xponential Fitness’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Xponential Fitness is more favorable than Granite City Food & Brewery.

Profitability

This table compares Granite City Food & Brewery and Xponential Fitness’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Granite City Food & Brewery	N/A	N/A	N/A
Xponential Fitness	-13.64%	-3.40%	-0.66%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

58.6% of Xponential Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Granite City Food & Brewery shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of Xponential Fitness shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Xponential Fitness beats Granite City Food & Brewery on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Granite City Food & Brewery

Granite City Food & Brewery, Ltd. operates casual dining restaurants in the United States. The company's upscale casual dining restaurants include the Granite City Food & Brewery restaurant that offers various menu items and handcrafted beers, as well as other regional craft beers; and the Cadillac Ranch All American Bar & Grill restaurant that offers American cuisine, including homemade meatloaf and pasta dishes. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

About Xponential Fitness

Xponential Fitness, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a boutique fitness franchisor in North America. It offers pilates, indoor cycling, barre, stretching, rowing, dancing, boxing, running, functional training, and yoga services under the Club Pilates, Pure Barre, CycleBar, StretchLab, Row House, YogaSix, Rumble, AKT, Stride, and BFT brands. Xponential Fitness, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.