Kura Sushi USA (KRUS) Competitors

Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS) and Park Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:PK) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in KRUS or PK?

65.5% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, KRUS or PK?

Kura Sushi USA has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, KRUS or PK?

Park Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Kura Sushi USA. Kura Sushi USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park Hotels & Resorts, 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
Kura Sushi USA	$250.84M	2.65	-$8.80M	-$0.68	-81.07
Park Hotels & Resorts	$2.60B	0.87	$97M	$1.01	11.07

Is KRUS or PK more profitable?

Park Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 8.16% compared to Kura Sushi USA's net margin of -3.08%. Park Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 5.63% beat Kura Sushi USA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kura Sushi USA	-3.08%	-0.50%	-0.26%
Park Hotels & Resorts	8.16%	5.63%	2.27%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KRUS or PK?

Park Hotels & Resorts received 208 more outperform votes than Kura Sushi USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.59% of users gave Kura Sushi USA an outperform vote while only 53.44% of users gave Park Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kura Sushi USA	Outperform Votes 87 59.59%	Underperform Votes 59 40.41%
Park Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 295 53.44%	Underperform Votes 257 46.56%

Does the media refer more to KRUS or PK?

In the previous week, Park Hotels & Resorts had 7 more articles in the media than Kura Sushi USA. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Park Hotels & Resorts and 5 mentions for Kura Sushi USA. Kura Sushi USA's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Park Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.46 indicating that Kura Sushi USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kura Sushi USA	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Park Hotels & Resorts	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer KRUS or PK?

Kura Sushi USA currently has a consensus price target of $86.20, suggesting a potential upside of 56.36%. Park Hotels & Resorts has a consensus price target of $17.72, suggesting a potential upside of 58.45%. Given Park Hotels & Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Park Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Kura Sushi USA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kura Sushi USA	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Park Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Park Hotels & Resorts beats Kura Sushi USA on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.