RCI Hospitality (RICK) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, RICK or PZZA?

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

Is RICK or PZZA a better dividend stock?

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 5.1%. 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.

Do analysts prefer RICK or PZZA?

RCI Hospitality currently has a consensus target price of $98.00, suggesting a potential upside of 146.23%. Papa Johns International has a consensus target price of $55.25, suggesting a potential upside of 52.08%. Given RCI Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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

Does the media favor RICK or PZZA?

In the previous week, Papa Johns International had 13 more articles in the media than RCI Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Papa Johns International and 1 mentions for RCI Hospitality. RCI Hospitality's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Papa Johns International's score of 0.65 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Papa Johns International	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, RICK or PZZA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RCI Hospitality	$293.18M	1.20	$3.01M	$0.56	71.07
Papa Johns International	$2.06B	0.58	$82.10M	$2.52	14.42

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RICK or PZZA?

Papa Johns International received 235 more outperform votes than RCI Hospitality when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.41% of users gave RCI Hospitality an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RCI Hospitality	Outperform Votes 278 65.41%	Underperform Votes 147 34.59%
Papa Johns International	Outperform Votes 513 61.73%	Underperform Votes 318 38.27%

Is RICK or PZZA more profitable?

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 Hospitality	1.64%	1.77%	0.81%
Papa Johns International	4.51%	-19.61%	10.04%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in RICK or PZZA?

53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of RCI Hospitality shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Papa Johns International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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