KRUS vs. RICK, NATH, PBPB, JAX, STKS, MAIN, SG, EAT, ARCO, and PLAY
Should you be buying Kura Sushi USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kura Sushi USA include RCI Hospitality (RICK), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Potbelly (PBPB), J. Alexander's (JAX), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Sweetgreen (SG), Brinker International (EAT), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY).
RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) and Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
RCI Hospitality has higher revenue and earnings than Kura Sushi USA. RCI Hospitality is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kura Sushi USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, RCI Hospitality had 5 more articles in the media than Kura Sushi USA. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for RCI Hospitality and 4 mentions for Kura Sushi USA. RCI Hospitality's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Kura Sushi USA's score of 1.15 indicating that Kura Sushi USA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RCI Hospitality has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kura Sushi USA has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RCI Hospitality currently has a consensus price target of $111.50, indicating a potential upside of 149.22%. Kura Sushi USA has a consensus price target of $109.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.60%. Given Kura Sushi USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe RCI Hospitality is more favorable than Kura Sushi USA.
RCI Hospitality received 190 more outperform votes than Kura Sushi USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.72% of users gave RCI Hospitality an outperform vote while only 61.79% of users gave Kura Sushi USA an outperform vote.
53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Kura Sushi USA 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.
RCI Hospitality has a net margin of 6.46% compared to RCI Hospitality's net margin of 0.73%. Kura Sushi USA's return on equity of 6.80% beat RCI Hospitality's return on equity.
Summary
RCI Hospitality beats Kura Sushi USA on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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