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).
Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS) and RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Kura Sushi USA has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RCI Hospitality has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
65.5% of Kura Sushi USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Kura Sushi USA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of RCI Hospitality shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds 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 Kura Sushi USA's net margin of 0.73%. RCI Hospitality's return on equity of 6.80% beat Kura Sushi USA's return on equity.
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.
Kura Sushi USA presently has a consensus target price of $109.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.35%. RCI Hospitality has a consensus target price of $111.50, suggesting a potential upside of 152.83%. Given RCI Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RCI Hospitality is more favorable than Kura Sushi USA.
In the previous week, RCI Hospitality had 5 more articles in the media than Kura Sushi USA. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for RCI Hospitality and 6 mentions for Kura Sushi USA. RCI Hospitality's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Kura Sushi USA's score of 1.22 indicating that RCI Hospitality is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
RCI Hospitality beats Kura Sushi USA on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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