Kura Sushi USA (KRUS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KRUS or RICK?

RCI Hospitality received 188 more outperform votes than Kura Sushi USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.16% of users gave RCI Hospitality an outperform vote while only 60.28% of users gave Kura Sushi USA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kura Sushi USA	Outperform Votes 85 60.28%	Underperform Votes 56 39.72%
RCI Hospitality	Outperform Votes 273 65.16%	Underperform Votes 146 34.84%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KRUS or RICK?

65.5% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is KRUS or RICK more profitable?

RCI Hospitality has a net margin of 1.67% compared to Kura Sushi USA's net margin of -3.70%. RCI Hospitality's return on equity of 1.76% beat Kura Sushi USA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kura Sushi USA	-3.70%	-1.22%	-0.63%
RCI Hospitality	1.67%	1.76%	0.81%

Do analysts rate KRUS or RICK?

Kura Sushi USA presently has a consensus target price of $84.88, indicating a potential downside of 4.77%. RCI Hospitality has a consensus target price of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 100.49%. Given RCI Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RCI Hospitality 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
RCI Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor KRUS or RICK?

In the previous week, Kura Sushi USA had 2 more articles in the media than RCI Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kura Sushi USA and 0 mentions for RCI Hospitality. RCI Hospitality's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Kura Sushi USA's score of 0.03 indicating that RCI Hospitality is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kura Sushi USA	Neutral
RCI Hospitality	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, KRUS or RICK?

Kura Sushi USA has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RCI Hospitality has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, KRUS or RICK?

RCI Hospitality has higher revenue and earnings than Kura Sushi USA. Kura Sushi USA 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
Kura Sushi USA	$237.86M	4.48	-$8.80M	-$0.78	-114.27
RCI Hospitality	$293.79M	1.50	$29.25M	$0.52	94.00

Summary

RCI Hospitality beats Kura Sushi USA on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.