Reviewing Global Business Travel Group (NYSE:GBTG) & Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (NASDAQ:RRGB)

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (NASDAQ:RRGB) and Global Business Travel Group (NYSE:GBTG) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Business Travel Group has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

84.0% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Global Business Travel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Global Business Travel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Global Business Travel Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers	-2.55%	N/A	-2.65%
Global Business Travel Group	2.77%	2.47%	0.80%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Global Business Travel Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers	2	0	2	0	2.00
Global Business Travel Group	0	6	2	0	2.25

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers currently has a consensus target price of $8.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.10%. Global Business Travel Group has a consensus target price of $8.90, suggesting a potential downside of 6.32%. Given Red Robin Gourmet Burgers’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is more favorable than Global Business Travel Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Global Business Travel Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers	$1.19 billion	0.14	-$23.28 million	($1.69)	-5.14
Global Business Travel Group	$3.18 billion	1.56	$109.00 million	$0.17	55.88

Global Business Travel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Business Travel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Global Business Travel Group beats Red Robin Gourmet Burgers on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Red Robin Gourmet Burgers

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises casual-dining restaurants, in North America and one Canadian province. Its restaurants primarily offer burgers and pizza, appetizers, salads, soups, other entrees, desserts, wings, milkshakes, alcoholic and non-alcoholic specialty drinks, cocktails, wine, and beers. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.

About Global Business Travel Group

Global Business Travel Group, Inc. provides business-to-business (B2B) travel platform in the United States and internationally. The company's platform offers a suite of technology-enabled solutions to business travelers and clients; travel content suppliers, such as airlines, hotels, ground transportation, and aggregators; and third-party travel agencies. It also provides consulting, meetings and events planning, and outsourced services. Global Business Travel Group, Inc. is based in New York, New York.