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$40.45 +0.64 (+1.61%)
Closing price 04/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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RICK vs. PZZA, CBRL, BJRI, BLMN, BH, JACK, NATH, DIN, DENN, and RRGB

Should you be buying RCI Hospitality stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RCI Hospitality include Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Biglari (BH), Jack in the Box (JACK), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Denny's (DENN), and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.

RCI Hospitality vs.

RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) and Papa Johns International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.

Papa Johns International has a net margin of 4.51% compared to RCI Hospitality's net margin of 1.64%. RCI Hospitality's return on equity of 1.77% beat Papa Johns International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RCI Hospitality1.64% 1.77% 0.81%
Papa Johns International 4.51%-19.61%10.04%

Papa Johns International received 235 more outperform votes than RCI Hospitality when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.49% of users gave RCI Hospitality an outperform vote while only 61.70% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RCI HospitalityOutperform Votes
279
65.49%
Underperform Votes
147
34.51%
Papa Johns InternationalOutperform Votes
514
61.70%
Underperform Votes
319
38.30%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RCI Hospitality$293.18M1.22$3.01M$0.5672.23
Papa Johns International$2.06B0.53$82.10M$2.5213.29

RCI Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. RCI Hospitality pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa Johns International pays out 73.0% 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.

In the previous week, Papa Johns International had 15 more articles in the media than RCI Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Papa Johns International and 4 mentions for RCI Hospitality. RCI Hospitality's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Papa Johns International's score of 0.87 indicating that RCI Hospitality is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
RCI Hospitality
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Papa Johns International
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

RCI Hospitality presently has a consensus target price of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 142.27%. Papa Johns International has a consensus target price of $53.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.30%. Given RCI Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe RCI Hospitality is more favorable than Papa Johns International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RCI Hospitality
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Papa Johns International
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Papa Johns International 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.

RCI Hospitality has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

RCI Hospitality beats Papa Johns International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RICK vs. The Competition

MetricRCI HospitalityEating places IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$358.67M$8.98B$7.43B$7.82B
Dividend Yield0.71%4.96%3.49%4.30%
P/E Ratio72.2326.4016.1918.43
Price / Sales1.221.857.39101.46
Price / Cash25.3519.1716.4234.62
Price / Book1.335.534.374.19
Net Income$3.01M$318.00M$258.87M$248.05M
7 Day Performance7.84%1.63%4.66%6.53%
1 Month Performance-11.53%-7.50%-4.81%-2.16%
1 Year Performance-20.01%-10.34%-4.59%4.71%

RCI Hospitality Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RICK
RCI Hospitality
3.4518 of 5 stars
$40.45
+1.6%
$98.00
+142.3%
-20.2%$358.67M$293.18M72.233,613Positive News
PZZA
Papa Johns International
3.9476 of 5 stars
$30.88
-0.9%
$53.00
+71.6%
-46.8%$1.01B$2.06B10.7612,000News Coverage
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
4.5458 of 5 stars
$44.47
+2.1%
$57.13
+28.5%
-28.6%$990.04M$3.51B24.5773,000Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
2.8651 of 5 stars
$32.80
+1.2%
$40.40
+23.2%
+0.5%$745.15M$1.36B48.2422,200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
3.7918 of 5 stars
$8.40
+5.7%
$14.50
+72.6%
-70.0%$713.42M$3.95B-76.3687,000Analyst Forecast
BH
Biglari
2.408 of 5 stars
$217.36
-1.2%
N/A+10.8%$494.71M$362.11M1.232,560
JACK
Jack in the Box
4.2299 of 5 stars
$24.81
+6.8%
$47.82
+92.8%
-58.1%$467.87M$1.57B-12.7212,100Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
NATH
Nathan's Famous
2.4356 of 5 stars
$93.78
-0.2%
N/A+49.2%$383.47M$146.39M16.17130
DIN
Dine Brands Global
3.6862 of 5 stars
$20.43
+1.0%
$29.00
+41.9%
-55.7%$319.44M$812.31M3.403,520Analyst Forecast
DENN
Denny's
3.4423 of 5 stars
$3.27
+5.1%
$7.75
+137.0%
-56.6%$168.33M$452.33M7.983,700Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
RRGB
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
3.3893 of 5 stars
$2.62
-3.7%
$13.38
+410.5%
-60.3%$45.76M$1.25B-0.8024,300News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:RICK) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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