RCI Hospitality (RICK) Competitors

Carrols Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:TAST) and RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TAST or RICK?

Carrols Restaurant Group has higher revenue and earnings than RCI Hospitality. Carrols Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RCI Hospitality, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Carrols Restaurant Group	$1.88B	0.27	$33.80M	$0.57	16.74
RCI Hospitality	$293.79M	1.52	$29.25M	$2.04	23.49

Does the media prefer TAST or RICK?

In the previous week, RCI Hospitality had 3 more articles in the media than Carrols Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for RCI Hospitality and 5 mentions for Carrols Restaurant Group. Carrols Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat RCI Hospitality's score of 0.41 indicating that RCI Hospitality is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carrols Restaurant Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RCI Hospitality	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TAST or RICK?

86.8% of Carrols Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.1% of Carrols Restaurant Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TAST or RICK a better dividend stock?

Carrols Restaurant Group pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. RCI Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Carrols Restaurant Group pays out 14.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RCI Hospitality pays out 11.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. RCI Hospitality has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate TAST or RICK?

Carrols Restaurant Group currently has a consensus target price of $9.55, suggesting a potential upside of 0.10%. RCI Hospitality has a consensus target price of $111.50, suggesting a potential upside of 132.68%. Given Carrols Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RCI Hospitality is more favorable than Carrols Restaurant Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carrols Restaurant Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
RCI Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TAST or RICK?

Carrols Restaurant Group received 28 more outperform votes than RCI Hospitality when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.72% of users gave RCI Hospitality an outperform vote while only 64.47% of users gave Carrols Restaurant Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carrols Restaurant Group	Outperform Votes 294 64.47%	Underperform Votes 162 35.53%
RCI Hospitality	Outperform Votes 266 64.72%	Underperform Votes 145 35.28%

Which has more volatility & risk, TAST or RICK?

Carrols Restaurant Group has a beta of 2.48, indicating that its stock price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RCI Hospitality has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TAST or RICK more profitable?

RCI Hospitality has a net margin of 6.46% compared to RCI Hospitality's net margin of 1.94%. RCI Hospitality's return on equity of 22.38% beat Carrols Restaurant Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carrols Restaurant Group	1.94%	22.38%	2.53%
RCI Hospitality	6.46%	6.80%	3.13%

Summary

RCI Hospitality beats Carrols Restaurant Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.