Jerash Holdings (US) (JRSH) Competitors

Rocky Brands (NASDAQ:RCKY) and Jerash Holdings (US) (NASDAQ:JRSH) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Is RCKY or JRSH a better dividend stock?

Rocky Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Jerash Holdings (US) pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Rocky Brands pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jerash Holdings (US) pays out -69.0% 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. Jerash Holdings (US) is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to RCKY or JRSH?

In the previous week, Rocky Brands had 3 more articles in the media than Jerash Holdings (US). MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Rocky Brands and 0 mentions for Jerash Holdings (US). Rocky Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Jerash Holdings (US)'s score of 0.03 indicating that Rocky Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Rocky Brands	Positive
Jerash Holdings (US)	Neutral

Do analysts rate RCKY or JRSH?

Rocky Brands presently has a consensus price target of $24.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.89%. Given Rocky Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rocky Brands is more favorable than Jerash Holdings (US).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rocky Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Jerash Holdings (US)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RCKY or JRSH?

Rocky Brands received 123 more outperform votes than Jerash Holdings (US) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.30% of users gave Rocky Brands an outperform vote while only 52.70% of users gave Jerash Holdings (US) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rocky Brands	Outperform Votes 240 55.30%	Underperform Votes 194 44.70%
Jerash Holdings (US)	Outperform Votes 117 52.70%	Underperform Votes 105 47.30%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RCKY or JRSH?

75.1% of Rocky Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Jerash Holdings (US) shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Rocky Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.7% of Jerash Holdings (US) 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RCKY or JRSH?

Rocky Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Jerash Holdings (US). Jerash Holdings (US) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rocky Brands, 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
Rocky Brands	$461.83M	0.34	$10.43M	$1.78	11.78
Jerash Holdings (US)	$117.19M	0.35	-$2.01M	-$0.29	-11.34

Which has more volatility & risk, RCKY or JRSH?

Rocky Brands has a beta of 2.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jerash Holdings (US) has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RCKY or JRSH more profitable?

Rocky Brands has a net margin of 2.94% compared to Jerash Holdings (US)'s net margin of -2.73%. Rocky Brands' return on equity of 7.74% beat Jerash Holdings (US)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rocky Brands	2.94%	7.74%	3.69%
Jerash Holdings (US)	-2.73%	-5.48%	-4.55%

Summary

Rocky Brands beats Jerash Holdings (US) on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.